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The Department of Health and Human Services \(HHS\) recently released its report to Congress on value-based purchasing.
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. RACs are paid on a contingency fee basis, receiving a percentage of the improper payments they identify and collect. RACs currently operate…
On November 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released the outpatient prospective payment system \(OPPS\) final rule for calendar year 2008.
This is a model the impact of the final APC changes on your expected 2008 Medicare revenue. This spreadsheet compares the changes in APC payment rates and weights from 2001-2008, and is referenced in the OPPS AHA Advisory.
The Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor \(RAC\) program is authorized by Congress to identify improper Medicare payments - both overpayments and underpayments. RACs are paid on a contingency fee basis, receiving a percentage of the improper payments they identify and collect. RACs currently operate…
Physician fee schedule final rule also released
On September 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) issued the ")Phase III") final rule, the last of its three-part set of rules implementing the 1995 expansion of the physician self-referral ban beyond clinical laboratory services to include 10 other ")designated health care…
On September 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services \(CMS\) released revised Critical Access Hospital \(CAH\) interpretive guidelines regarding rebuilding and relocating facilities, effective immediately.