Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP

Hospitals who’ve encountered claims processing trouble spots under the outpatient prospective payment system could find some insight in a Feb. 21 communiqué from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. In program memorandum A-03-014 (http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/ pm_trans/A03014.pdf), CMS outlines what’s needed for proper billing of blood products and blood storage and processing, the appropriate handling of multiple surgical procedures performed in [...]
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