CMS Will Reimburse ICD-10 Mistakes
The CMS has made a concession in the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. For one year past the Oct. 1, 2015 deadline, the CMS will reimburse for wrongly coded claims…
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July 7, 2015
CMS: Successful April Medicare FFS ICD-10 End-to-End Testing
According to today's announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), ICD-10 implementation success is here. Between Monday, April 27 and Friday, May 1, Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) healthcare…
June 3, 2015
8 Tips For Protecting Revenue Under ICD-10
The “Increasing Clarity for Doctors by Transitioning Effectively Now Act” is an attempt to create a 'safe harbor' for medical claim reimbursements for physician practices struggling to get ICD-10 coding…
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June 2, 2015
Senate Passes Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act 92 to 8 – Avoids Payment Cuts
Closing in on two hours before the midnight deadline, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday April 14th, 2015 passed the bill in a vote of 92 to 8 to permanently end…
April 15, 2015
RAC Court Ruling Deals Blow to CMS
A US Court of Appeals ruling earlier this month that invalidates a provision of Medicare's 2014 Recovery Audit Program contracts is the latest setback for federal officials who administer the…
April 6, 2015
AHIMA Responds to Concerns Over ICD-10 Contingency Plans
Concerns from a coalition of medical and professional organizations that CMS' lack of contingency plans for the ICD-10 transition are understandable but unfounded, according to the American Health Information Management…
March 23, 2015
Managing Denials After ICD-10
Healthcare providers will need a denials manager who can track denials and communicate with healthcare payers.
November 14, 2014
CMS Withdraws Medicare Secondary Payer Proposed Rule
A proposed rule that was expected to outline how Medicare's interest should be protected in cases of settlements for future medical care was withdrawn Oct. 8 by the Office of Management and Budget.
October 23, 2014
ICD-10 Experts Call For More Testing
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistic (NCVHS) subcommittee heard some testimony last week on the state of delayed ICD-10 implementation. Holly Louie, chair of the ICD-10 CM Committee of…
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June 17, 2014
CMS Should Create Public Health EHR Readiness Database
On Thursday, the American Hospital Association sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget's Office placing its support behind a proposal to open up data on the of…
June 14, 2014
Why Healthcare Providers Are Concerned About The CMS Data Dump
In two editorials published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Gail Wilensky, PhD, a former administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration; along with Eric M. Horowitz, MD, and David…
June 11, 2014
ICD-10 Medical Code Tests Yield Successful Results for CMS
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ initial testing of updated medical diagnosis codes that will be required at health care payers and providers next year proved to be successful,…
June 5, 2014
OIG Finds Improper Payments Cost Medicare Billions
On May 29, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report, Improper Payments for Evaluation and Management Services Cost Medicare Billions in…
June 4, 2014
CMS Advises Delay in ICD-10 Front-End Testing Until October
Providers, suppliers, billing companies and clearinghouses can submit ICD-10 acknowledgement test claims anytime up to the new planned October 1, 2015 ICD-10 implementation date. However, the Centers for Medicare and…
June 2, 2014
CMS Extends Partial Code Freeze for ICD-9-CM, ICD-10
Information regarding the ICD-10 delay continues to trickle out of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS has announced that the partial code freeze for ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 will…
May 30, 2014
CMS Extends Partial ICD-9-CM And ICD-10 Code Freeze To Reflect Transition Delay
CMS (Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services) has announced that it is extending its partial ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 code freeze to reflect enactment of legislation (the Protecting Access to Medicare…
May 28, 2014
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