Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Industry Notes
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Part B Mythbuster:
Buying Equipment? Ensure Medicare Reimbursement First
Don't let manufacturers snow you into investing in new gadgets. A neighboring medical practice raves [...] - Part B Payment:
Proposed 2012 Fee Schedule Targets Further Cuts to Imaging Interpretations
Next year's conversion factor is set at a dismal $23.9635. As if imaging practices didn't [...] - Lab Signatures:
Good News: CMS Retracts Lab Signature Requirement
Physician signatures on every lab requisition were perceived as cumbersome, unnecessary. Clinical laboratories can finally [...] - Medicaid Regulations:
4 Strategies To Stop RACs From Catching You By Surprise
Now's the time to improve your billing and documentation. If recovery audit contractor (RAC) audits [...] - Home Health PPS:
2012 Cuts To Hit Therapy-Heavy HHAs The Hardest
Proposed cuts are even bigger than CMS says, industry sources maintain. How next year's proposed [...] - Industry Notes
MRIs Are Now Billable for Patients with Pacemakers, CMS Says Not all coverage news coming [...] - Reader Question:
Avoid Outdated Diagnoses
Question: Our practice recently saw a patient who had been having intractable seizures. The patient [...] - Reader Question:
'MIP' and 'MEP' Require Unlisted Diagnoses
Question: How should I bill MIPs (maximum inspiratory pressures) or MEPs (maximum expiratory pressures)? My [...]
