The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services on Tuesday unveiled a sweeping proposed rule that would nullify the mandated public disclosure of negotiated rates between payers and providers and increase by 2.8% Medicare’s inpatient...
More InfoThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has updated the Medicare fee-for-service payment rates and policies for inpatient hospitals and long-term care hospitals for 2022. Before taking into account Medicare disproportionate share hospital...
More InfoThe COVID-19 pandemic created a host of challenges for revenue cycle management leaders, from widespread service line shutdowns to shifting staff to work at home and increasing self-pay balances. These pressures have heightened inefficiencies in...
More InfoThe COVID-19 monoclonal antibodies are being paid under the vaccine benefit. Q: What revenue code should be attached to HCPCS codes M0239 (intravenous infusion, bamlanivimab-xxxx, includes infusion and post administration monitoring) and...
More InfoA lobbying onslaught from the health care industry nearly stopped Congress from passing a nationwide ban on “surprise” medical bills last year. Now, the same powerful groups are racing to sway federal agencies tasked with making the new law work...
More InfoQ: What CPT codes and modifiers would be used to report excisional debridement for removal of a 2×4-cm ulcer on a patient’s right buttocks with vacuum-assisted closure (VAC)? A: The debridement would be reported using CPT code 11042...
More InfoMedicare’s approach to advanced imaging reimbursement has been “dysfunctional” for decades, but health policy experts have a few suggestions to fix it. Over the past 20 years, the federal payment program witnessed “substantial” increases in the...
More InfoAs promised, this is a follow-up to our first blog post on the new federal transparency requirements. In our prior post, we summarized the Hospital Price Transparency rule which went into effect on January 1, 2021, and here we discuss the...
More InfoCMS recommends that organizations review the agency’s most recent guidance on telehealth billing. CMS is reminding providers to ensure that Medicare claims for telehealth are correctly billed. The agency issued broadly expanded telehealth...
More InfoSome providers are taking steps to serve those that have historically been neglected. When examining the big picture of our society, rural America is grossly under-represented in many ways. While areas defined as “rural” comprise 80% of the total...
More InfoThe healthcare sector is in urgent requirement of an AI solution that can process a massive amount of data without compromising the speed and accuracy of billing. Medical billing and coding is a critical component of healthcare. The medical...
More InfoHealthcare providers should not charge or balance bill patients for getting the COVID-19 vaccine, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at HHS recently warned. In an April 15th message, the federal watchdog reminded vaccine providers that...
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