Watch out if you carry a heavy managed care patient load. How you currently handle hospitalizations, PEPs and readmissions will determine how much a new F2F clarification burdens you in the new year. In the 2015 home health prospective payment [...]
Use this checklist to help avoid denials and audits You know -- and so do payers and auditors -- that modifier 59 (Distinct procedural service) is on the watch list for potential abuse. But that doesn't mean that you should [...]
The following bills were introduced in the House: HR 1729. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase inpatient hospital payments under the Medicare program to Puerto Rico hospitals. Introduced April 20 by Rep. Luis [...]
Worried about your security rule compliance? Here's a list of the security-related audioconferences and seminars taking place in April. April 6 in Amherst, NY: "Advancing HIT: A Summit For Health Care Stakeholders" (UNYPHIED, WEDI)www.wedi.org/public/articles/dis_viewArticle.cfm?ID=311.April 6 - 8 in Baltimore: "Tenth [...]
Check out CMS' proposed rule on facility requirements for posting direct-care staffing information. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued the proposed rule that facilities have been waiting for: It explains in a bit more detail the requirement [...]
