Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Program Memo Roundup
Tired of getting conflicting advice from different intermediaries and carriers? In other recent program transmittals, CMS:
To see the transmittals, go to www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/transmittals/comm_date_dsc.asp.
Instead of relying on various contractors to write up provider education articles on new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services instructions in the very short window of time after their issuances, CMS will now provide both the instruction and the education article at the same time, the agency says in a Feb. 5 one-time notification (change request 3129).
"CMS has decided to prepare consistent materials for contractor outreach for Medicare providers in a centralized fashion," available on CMS' Medlearn Web site (www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/matters). CMS aims to eliminate disparities due to differing interpretations or just confusing or inadequate educational language, it says.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Costs:
Spending Growth Peaked In 2002, CMS Predicts
But another peak might not be far off, and that's bad news for Medicare.
When all [...] - Rehab:
CORFs Given New M+CO Appeals Responsibilities
5 tips for mastering notification requirements.
New fast-track appeals requirements are catching most comprehensive outpatient rehab [...] - Home Care:
OIG OKs Copay Waiver On Diabetes Supplies
Follow these top attorneys' tips to make sure your copay waivers are legit.
Home care providers [...] - DME:
Feds Roll Over Wheelchair Operators
After Texas bust, more investigations are on the way, OIG promises.
The jig is up for [...] - Long-Term Care:
Are Long-Term Care Hospitals Doing Too Well?
Government probe wants CMS to re-evaluate record growth, profits.
Big profits make big targets, at least [...] - Pharmaceuticals:
Watch For Tighter Medicaid Rebate Enforcement
AWP could shrink to AMOP after government pricing investigation.
Drugmakers, you saw this one coming. Medicaid [...] - Pharmaceuticals:
Drug Discount Cards Coming To Benes This Spring
Company-sponsored cards will ease waiting time for the DIMA drug benefit.
It looks like your patients [...] - Program Memo Roundup
Tired of getting conflicting advice from different intermediaries and carriers?
Instead of relying on various contractors [...] - Bill Watch
Bills introduced in the House and Senate: HR 3790. A bill to impose a moratorium [...]
