Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
BILL WATCH
HR. 1280. A bill to amend Part C of the Title XVIII of the Social security Act to prohibit the operation of the Medicare Comparative Cost Adjustment Program in Texas. Introduced March 14 by Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.
HR. 1298. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the benefits under the Medicare program for beneficiaries with kidney disease. Introduced March 15 by Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.
HR. 1362. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the public disclosure of prices for hospital and ambulatory surgical center procedures and drugs. Introduced March 17 by Rep. William Lipinksi (D-IL), referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR. 1372. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose minimum nurse staffing ratios in Medicare participating hospitals. Introduced March 17 by Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.
HR. 1381. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives linking quality to payment for skilled nursing facilities and to establish a Long-Term Care Financing Commission. Introduced March 17 by Rep. Phil English (R-PA), referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
HR. 1382. A bill to provide for a one-year delay in the implementation of the voluntary prescription drug benefit program and to provide for a one-year extension of the Medicare prescription drug discount card and transitional assistance program and of the coverage of prescription drugs under the Medicaid program. Introduced March 17 by Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Ways and Means.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- MEDICARE:
For AMA, McClellan Puts Some Pills In Sugar
CMS administrator hopes docs come around on P4P.
Speaking to the American Medical Association's annual advocacy [...] - HIPAA:
HIPAA Hopping Up Its Security Rules Soon
Providers unprepared by deadline may pass muster with a compliance plan.
The April 20 deadline for [...] - MEDICAL IMAGING:
Johnson On Imaging: Who Says More Is Bad?
More use might not mean overuse, some say.
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission says Medicare should [...] - REHAB:
Sound PAI Practices Can Make OIG Happy
Avoid these widespread FIM scoring errors.
The word is out that the Office of the Inspector [...] - REHAB:
OIG Set For PAI Crackdown In 2005
The feds are focusing on PAI documentation.
The patient assessment instrument (PAI) may seem little more [...] - COVERAGE:
Don't Stick Patients For Services Medicare May Pay For
Watch for gray areas of services Medicare may or may not cover.
Medical practices that charge [...] - PHYSICIANS:
OIG Tracking ICD Patients
Implantable defibrillators must be registered.
Medicare patients who receive an ICD or replacement ICD as a [...] - COVERAGE:
Part A-Part B Union Memo Forthcoming
Many existing contractors could be replaced.
CMS issued a fact sheet on its reform to replace [...] - ENFORCEMENT:
Quality-Of-Care Lapses Cost Wisconsin Home
Relaxed staffing requirements lead to record settlement.
A resident's death can put a nursing home in [...] - PHYSICIANS:
GAO- Expense Indices Don't Always Reflect Real Costs
Old wage data throws off calculations.
If you are a physician frustrated by the geographic practice [...] - BILL WATCH
Bills introduced in the House:
HR. 1280. A bill to amend Part C of the Title [...] - LEGISLATION:
Senate Subs Medicaid Commission For Cuts
Dems all vote 'yea' for resolution.
In a 52-48 March 17 vote, the Senate stripped $14 [...]
