Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
BILL WATCH
Bills introduced in the House: HR 4491. A bill to amend Part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the reduction in Medicare payment for certain items of durable medical equipment. Introduced June 2 by Rep. David Hobson (R-OH), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. HR 4512. A bill to amend Part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prices for Medicare prescription drugs and to eliminate the gap in coverage of Medicare prescription drug benefits, to authorize the secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs. Introduced June 3 by Rep. David Wu (D-OR), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means. Bills introduced in the Senate: S 2487. A bill to amend Part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure that every Medicare beneficiary has access to a Medicare-administered prescription drug plan option. Introduced June 2 by Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN), referred to the Committee on Finance. S 2492. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services. Introduced June 2 by Sen. Kent Conrad (D-SD), referred to the Committee on Finance.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- LONG-TERM CARE:
Consolidated Billing Takes Center Stage At Forum
SNFs can keep their claims humming by noting these CB shifts. Clarifying is the name [...] - RADIOLOGY:
Bar 'Self Referrals' of Imaging Tests, ACR Urges CMS
CMS trying to cut back on steep increase of MRIs and CAT scans. Can the [...] - HOSPITALS:
Big ICD-9 Changes On Their Way
New codes take effect Oct.1., ready or not. If providers were banking on the usual [...] - HOME CARE:
Lack Of Documentation Can Cost HHAs Thousands
One agency lost $37,000 thanks to spotty record-keeping. How much is enough? That's the perpetual [...] - PHYSICIANS:
Doctors Could Be Throwing $1,400 Away
Downcoding just two E/M visits a week can cost an arm and a leg. It [...] - PHYSICIANS:
Physician-Payment Overhaul Could Be In The Works
Current system has too many problems, experts say. Come fall, expect Congress and the Medicare [...] - COVERAGE:
Injectible Cancer Drugs Put On Pass-Through List
But don't get used to the new money just yet. The Centers for Medicare & [...] - COVERAGE:
CMS Boosts Ambulance Payments
Some ambulance services will get a "super-rural" bonus under an interim final rule issued July [...] - BILL WATCH
Bills introduced in the House: HR 4491. A bill to amend Part B of title [...]
