Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
LOCM Get New Code Set
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- PHARMACEUTICALS:
Medicare Slashes Drugs By Up To 60 Percent
But some drugs may actually get a payment bump.
Any providers pining for Medicare payments for [...] - PHYSICIANS:
Show Septis, Then Bill For Septic Shock
Clarifications, not new codes, highlight ICD-9 changes.
If you're a physician treating a patient with septic [...] - MEDICARE:
CMS Studying Increase In Physician Spending On Part B Premiums
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.
Providers who routinely bill for low osmolar contrast material (LOCM) [...] - 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.
As Congress adjourned for its spring [...] - COVERAGE:
Big Change Coming In Medicare Payments - 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.
Those unanswered questions on the Medicare Modernization [...] - 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 [...]
