Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Part A-Part B Union Memo Forthcoming
Many existing contractors could be replaced. Union Aims For One 'Point Of Contact' Under the plan, CMS would integrate Part A and Part B into one, allowing a "single point of contact" for all of your claims-related business, CMS says.
CMS issued a fact sheet on its reform to replace Part A fiscal intermediaries and Part B carriers with Medicare Administrative Contractors.
Between 2005 and 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must hold competitions to replace existing contractors. CMS also submitted a report to Congress on Feb. 8 describing its progress with the reform and its likely benefits.
As an added feature of the reform, CMS has promised a "modernized administrative IT platform" that would store and manage all of the Medicare data in one single, centralized location.
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 [...]
