CMS Updates Important Message from Medicare Instructions
The changes will become effective in about three months, giving providers time to modify processes. The staff at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The changes will become effective in about three months, giving providers time to modify processes. The staff at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The settlement pertained specifically to H.I.G. Growth Partners and H.I.G. Capital. In recent years there has been a proliferation of private equity firms taking oversight of healthcare
Now, it’s merely a matter of day-to-day survival. EDITOR’S NOTE: In light of the fact that hospital nurses have reported a recent dramatic increase
All applicable waivers remain in place. As expected, Xavier Becerra, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has renewed the
Livanta is sending documentation requests for short stay inpatient audits. Livanta, the Beneficiary and Family Centered Care-Quality Improvement Organization (BFCC-QIO) auditor, has started sending out documentation
If the physician expects that a patient will be in the hospital for two days, the patient is an inpatient. Period. One of my clients
EDITOR’S NOTE: Federal legislators have been scrambling this week amid inter- and intra-party squabbles to craft legislation that would avoid a partial shutdown of the
Those charged include dozens of licensed medical professionals. Healthcare fraud, by its nature, clearly tends to resist being narrowly defined. It was a point driven
Rationing of patient care: everything is different, but nothing has changed. EDITOR’S NOTE: Crisis Standard of Care, first reported here on RACmonitor, occurred in the
Idaho has activated crisis care standards throughout the state. EDITOR’S NOTE: The Idaho Stateman reported Thursday that the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has
Idaho has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. EDITOR’S NOTE:b The total U.S. coronavirus death this morning, Thursday, Sept. 9, 652,675. RACmonitor
Providers offering the shot to multiple residents in one home setting or communal setting will now be eligible for multiple boosted payments. Federal officials are
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