You should expect changes ahead for the Justice Department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force as it expands. Details: The Strike Force, composed of DOJ’s Consumer Protection Branch, six U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, the FBI, U.S.Postal Inspection Service, and Homeland Security Investigations, [...]
Expect to see more activity from the Justice Department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force as it expands. The Strike Force, comprised of DOJ’s Consumer Protection Branch, six U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, and Homeland Security Investigations, [...]
See which updates are coming in 2020. Stay informed on recent updates to the to National Coverage Determinations (NCDs). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released MLN Matters® 11491 and Change Request (CR) 11491, which includes nine [...]
You’ll see some changes to NCD 20.9.1 “Ventricular Assist Devices.” CMS recently released MLN Matters® 11491 and Change Request (CR) 11491, which made changes to several National Coverage Determination (NCDs). You will see nine changes in all, and five of [...]
Get to know how these new CMS proposed rules might affect your practice. Fee schedule changes to most evaluation and management (E/M) services have been relatively safe from CMS intervention over the past few years. As for 2019, however, it’s [...]
Hint: Proposal causes one pulmonary practice in our sample to lose $93,000 in one year. Pulmonology practices have been able to rest easy during the past few years’ worth of fee schedule changes, but this year may have thrown a [...]
Keep long-term impact of expanded Level 1 edits in mind, experts urge. Chances are you need to shore up your cost reporting practices to avoid failing newly announced Level 1 edits. So indicates the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' [...]
Line 3 Employee Benefits - missing from 13.80% of reports in 2016 (385 reports) Line 4 Administrative & General - missing from 0.29% of reports (8) Line 5 Plant Operations and Maintenance - missing from 45.16% of reports (1,260) Line [...]
You are looking for both relevance and practicality when considering which MIPS measures are appropriate to report for your specialty. We’ve outlined three easy neurosurgery-specific measures here: 1. Measure #260: Rate of Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) for Asymptomatic Patients, without Major [...]
Question: Can you tell us what the Medicare deductible will be for next year? Kentucky Subscriber Answer: After two years of Part B deductibles that stood at $147.00, CMS has decided to have Medicare beneficiaries pay a bit more for [...]
