Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
BILL WATCH
Published on Thu Dec 11, 2003
The following bill was introduced in the Senate before it adjourned for the holidays: S. 1974. A bill to make improvements in the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003. Introduced Nov. 25 by Sen. Tom Daschle (D-SD), referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Home Health:
HHA PAYMENT CUT SLATED FOR APRIL
Medicare bill a mixed bag for HHAs. It will take experts months to suss out [...] - Rehab:
CONGRESS PUTS A CAP IN THE THERAPY CAPS
Thanks to rehab providers' tireless lobbying efforts, they can kiss the much-maligned therapy caps goodbye [...] - Payment Errors:
ARE PAYMENT ERRORS WORSE THAN CMS SAYS?
Senate fraud hawk chides CMS with tinkering with error figures. Health care providers shouldn't jump to [...] - Disease Management:
TRIO OF HEALTH PLANS TAPPED FOR MEDICARE DM PILOT
Will disease management find a happy home in Medicare? Health plans that haven't yet jumped [...] - DME:
SUPPLIERS BID FAREWELL TO ANTI-BIDDING HOPES
No good news for DME in newly passed legislation. The new prescription drug benefit is [...] - Rehab:
REHAB PROVIDERS CHEER FEE SCHEDULE FIX
2004 physician fee schedule speaks to PT-OT-and SLP-specific issues. Congress stepped in to save rehab [...] - Psychiatric Facilities:
7 KEY ELEMENTS OF THE INPATIENT PSYCH FACILITY PPS PROPOSAL
2,000 psychiatric hospitals and units brace for a new reimbursement era. Yet another class of [...] - People:
SCULLY TO STEP DOWN
Tom Scully is leaving his post as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, effective [...] - Labs:
LAB FRAUD FIGHTERS CAST A WIDE NET
Golden State lab operator snared in $1.3 million fraud. When it comes to health care [...] - Labs:
THE WRONG INSTRUCTIONS COULD LEAD TO A CLIA CITATION
What labs should watch for on tests that could be waived or moderate complexity. Labs had [...] - BILL WATCH
The following bill was introduced in the Senate before it adjourned for the holidays: S. [...] - CME MANUAL UPDATE
Providers of ambulance services can gain a bit of insight into how carriers calculate the [...]
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