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Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
2005 Newsletter
COVERAGE: Big Change Coming In Medicare Payments
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
COVERAGE:
Big Change Coming In Medicare Payments
Published on Wed Mar 09, 2005
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Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
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Show Septis, Then Bill For Septic Shock
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MEDICARE:
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Intense office visits a cause for increase.
Unfortunately for beneficiaries, it appears there is no end [...]
COVERAGE:
LOCM Get New Code Set
CMS unveiled Q codes in March.
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HOME HEALTH:
CPO Change Provides Good Marketing Ammo
Contact docs now to let them in on a new way to make money.
It's final: [...]
MEDICARE:
Rising Costs Will Eventually Price Beneficiaries Out
It's unavoidable, as health-care costs rise faster than U.S. earnings.
Over the long term, both the [...]
MEDICAID:
What's Up For Medicaid When Congress Returns?
Good question: Here's what a couple insiders had to say.
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COVERAGE:
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COMPLIANCE:
CMS Issues Its First Draft Of NCD
Increased access to CMS staff a priority.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has unveiled [...]
ENFORCEMENT WATCH:
DOJ Says WV Hospitals Too Close For Comfort
Why being bosom buddies with another facility is unlikely to result in good times.
Hospitals should [...]
MEDICARE MODERNIZATION ACT:
SPAPs Can Still Coordinate Aid With Medicare Benefit
But the SPAP must be 'qualified' to be kosher.
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PHYSICIANS:
CoP Out Or Compassion? CMS Wants To Rein In Regs
Proposed rule will allow docs to focus more time on patients.
If you're a physician who [...]
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