Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
REGISTER WATCH
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will serve as a national accrediting organization for Medicare and Medicaid hospice facilities for another six years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a May 30 Federal Register notice. CMS's reapproval of JCAHO - which is based on a determination that the accrediting body's standards are at least as rigorous as Medicare's - extends JCAHO's deeming authority through June 19, 2009. CMS announced the availability of funding this week for Real Choice Systems Change Grants for Community Living and for Aging and Disability Resource Center programs. The announcements appear in the May 29 and May 30 installments of the Federal Register. Technical corrections to Dec. 31 revisions to payment policies under the physician fee schedule and to the March 28 update to the list of covered procedures for ambulatory surgical centers appear in the May 30 Federal Register. Also on May 30, CMS sought nominations for vacant posts on the Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee. In addition, the agency invited comments on the paperwork burdens associated with the advance beneficiary notice.
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Medicare:
BUSHIES SOFTENING ON MEDICARE REFORM?
So far, House and Senate bills being drafted to add a prescription drug benefit are [...] - Rehab:
WILL CONGRESS WALLOP REHAB CAPS A KNOCKOUT PUNCH?
The answer could mean the world to many facilities With the July 1 implementation date [...] - ESRD:
CMS LAUNCHES ESRD DEMO
A new four-year Medicare demonstration program offers end-stage renal disease providers two reimbursement options designed [...] - HIPAA:
HIPAA STANDARD DATEBOOK
Your Heads-Up On Upcoming HIPAA Requirements Mark your calendars: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...] - Hospitals:
Pay-For-Quality Hospital Demo In Works
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services hopes to soon announce a demonstration that would [...] - Trends:
HIGHER COSTS, MORE COST SHARING IN HSC FORECAST
Health care costs continue to increase rapidly, employers are shifting more costs to employees, and [...] - KNOW WHAT'S COMING ON THE REGULATORY FRONT:
HHS PLANS NEW RULES ON SELF-REFERRAL, KICKBACKS AND EMTALA
Physicians' business relationships with other health care providers could be in for a shakeup this [...] - HIPAA:
PROVIDERS SEEK HIPAA TCS ASSURANCES
Are you ready for what the Oct. 16 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act transactions [...] - Ambulance:
AMBULANCE SUBSCRIPTION PLAN STEERS PAST KICKBACK PERILS
Ambulance companies that charge an annual subscription fee in lieu of collecting Medicare Part B [...] - DME:
DIALYSIS SUPPLIERS SHOULD BRACE FOR CMS-382 SCRUTINY
Suppliers of home dialysis equipment should do their best to make sure their Medicare clients' [...] - Coverage:
LOCAL COVERAGE POLICIES UNDER ATTACK
Confused by your Medicare contractor's local coverage policies? If the General Accounting Office gets its [...] - Fraud & Abuse:
SENTENCING APPEAL CAN'T SAVE SUPPLIER
The turning point in the campaign against health care fraud and abuse - the August [...] - PROGRAM MEMO ROUNDUP
Providers and contractors alike have been confused about certain elements of billing for diabetes outpatient [...] - BILL WATCH
The following Senate bills were introduced: S. 1113. A bill to amend title XVIII of [...] - REGISTER WATCH
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will serve as a national accrediting organization [...]
