Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Industry Notes
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Reimbursement:
Save Thousands By Reporting Hospital Discharge Correctly
Bypass costly errors with these pointers. Experience may not pre-empt coding lapses when reporting discharge [...] - 2013 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule:
Expect Telemedicine To Bring In Increased Revenues
Actual distribution of the federal funds to boost Medicaid rates left up to the individual [...] - 2013 Fee Schedule:
Get The Skinny On The Real Pay Impact Of New TCM Codes
No separate payment for face-to-face visit. While emergency physicians are not specifically prohibited from using [...] - 2013 AMA Symposium Update:
Don't Fret Over Far-Reaching Terminology Change
The most widespread changes throughout CPT® 2013 -- the switch to more inclusive or provider-neutral language [...] - Compliance:
Hospice-SNF Relationships On OIG Radar For 2013
Medicare coverage requirements not met in most cases of benes sent to nursing homes. The [...] - Kickbacks:
Follow The Rules When Furnishing Bridge Services
Hospices: Get OIG approval prior to offering free services. Just because the OIG put its [...] - Industry Notes
OIG Continues to Target Physicians The percentage of medical practices that were found or pled [...] - Reader Question:
Medical Decision Making Is Not The Same As Medical Necessity
Question: What should be the overarching factor you use to select the overall level of [...] - Reader Question:
Unnecessary Lab Test Probably Won't Be Payable
Question: We have a patient who did not have a urinalysis done at his previous [...]
