Well, I suppose I have given you enough of a break from my writing about Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and the Two-Midnight Rule. Last week, United HealthCare (UHC) released its…
In the post-public health emergency (PHE) era, I have noticed what I think may be a glitch in the computer system at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).…
The AMA’s experts have analyzed the 2,000-page 2024 Medicare physician payment schedule proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and are sharing their summary of key provisions (PDF)…
While most observers of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the release Wednesday of its final payment rule for inpatient and long-term care hospitals, caught many off-guard, expecting…
A proposed 3.3% cut to physician pay would threaten access to care and efforts to bring more clinical oversight into nursing homes, advocacy groups are warning. A 2024 draft pay…
Months of high-level discussions regarding reforming Medicare physician payment has culminated in physician lawmakers introducing bipartisan legislation advancing the first leg of the AMA’s three-part strategy for fixing the broken…
Following a recent US District Court ruling on the federal government’s arbitration process for disputed medical billing—making the protocol for issuing decisions on disputed claims unclear—CMS posted some clarifying guidance…
CMS proposes new rules for 2024 that apply to Medicare Advantage Plans. Last month, I told you that there would be big news coming, and sure enough, there was. The…
The final rules become effective Jan. 1, 2023. Amid this election season, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published final rules for the 2023 Part B Physician…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the 2023 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for fee-for-service Medicare Part A and Part B, and the 2023 Medicare Part D…
When commenting on the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System proposed rule for calendar year (CY) 2023, the American Hospital Association (AHA)…
CMS has specific guidelines when defining “incident to” and shared visits. Recently, I was working with a client to help them understand “incident to” billing. We were discussing a situation…
Doctors can use a government database to compare their practice patterns to others across the nation, says a former Wall Street trader turned physician. The database, maintained by the Centers…
The proposed rule includes expansions to the Physician Payment Schedule as well as a focus on access to high-quality care. The Calendar Year 2023 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule,…
Some flareups may lead to readmissions within 30 days. We can all agree that we want to fully treat our patients’ acute problems that require inpatient hospitalization, allowing them a…
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the use of U09.9, an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code described as 'Post…