Tag: Medicaid

Coverage Denials

Survey Reveals Key Issues with Challenging Surprise Medical Bills and Coverage Denials

A new study by the health care system reveals a significant gap in consumer healthcare rights. Despite attempts to curb surprise medical bills, a large portion of insured Americans are still receiving unexpected charges. Adding to this problem is the high rate of coverage denials, leaving patients with substantial out-of-pocket costs and causing financial hardship […]
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HCPCS Level II Codes

HCPCS Level II July 2024 code update

The HCPCS Level II quarterly update for July 2024 is now available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) website. The update includes: 134 added codes 9 discontinued codes 32 codes with long description changes 3 codes with payment changes New HCPCS Level II Codes Effective July 1, 2024, there is one new […]
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2025 CMS Proposed Rules

CMS Updates Hospice, Palliative Care Regulations for 2025

It’s April, and that means it’s time for proposed rules for fiscal year 2025  to emerge. But the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prevailed this year, releasing proposed rules for inpatient rehabilitation, psychiatric patients, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in late March. I thought a suggestion was worth mentioning. Additional Benefits for […]
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Telehealth Claims

Telehealth Claims Decline in Q1: Things To Know

Based on FAIR Health’s Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker, the national decline in private insurance telehealth claims reached 5.4% in April, comprising 5.3% of all medical claims. This reduction can be observed across all four U.S. census regions: the Midwest (4.7%), Northeast (6.3%), South (6.8%), and West (6.4%). On average, patient visits lasted between 20 and […]
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The State of Claims and Denials in 2023

How do you resolve a repeated and shooting up problem like claims denials? It’s been a fresher subject for revenue cycle management professionals for years that are only experiencing hotter with the growing pressures of staffing shortages, troubles with staff movement and instructing and developing policies and protocols at the government and payer levels. On […]
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The HHS Grants Much-Needed Cash Infusion to Rural Providers

The news coincided with the sudden worldwide emergence of the new omicron COVID-19 variant. An influx of cash couldn’t have come at a better time for the nation’s rural healthcare system. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week announced that the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has begun distributing $7.5 […]
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CMS to Tie Vaccine Mandate to Medicaid, Medicare Participation

  A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers will be tied to Medicaid and Medicare Conditions of Participation (CoP), the Biden-Harris Administration recently announced. The announcement made via CMS yesterday said the Administration will require COVID-19 vaccination of staff in all Medicaid and Medicare-certified facilities by October. The emergency regulation, when it is released, will […]
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Medicare Advantage for Dual Eligibility

Medicare Advantage Dual Eligible’s Have Fewer ER Visits Than Those Under FFS

Dual eligible Medicare Advantage beneficiaries had 42.1% less emergency room visits than their fee-for-service counterparts. The cost of care and rate of hospitalizations for dual eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries was considerably lower than dual eligibles under fee-for-service (FFS), according to an Avalere Health study released Tuesday evening. Dual eligible Medicare Advantage (MA) populations averaged healthcare […]
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