Five Key Defense Strategies for Preventing Claim Denials
Providers need to be proactive when defending against RAC and MAC audits. The Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program was created through the Medicare Modernization Act of
Providers need to be proactive when defending against RAC and MAC audits. The Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program was created through the Medicare Modernization Act of
The report cites “possibly illegal, unethical patient care.” One of the largest unions in the country and one of the largest healthcare organizations in
As of now, the public health emergency (PHE) for the COVID-19 pandemic will expire July 24, 2020, unless it is renewed. Fellow contributor David Glaser
A short lesson on game theory. Last week on Monitor Mondays, Knicole Emanuel, Esq. reported on the case of Commonwealth v. Pediatric Specialist, PLLC, wherein
Therapy hours could go down and depression to go up at SNFs. A depression diagnosis is often hard to make. Clinical depression can be demonstrated
Five areas of concern are noted by the author. In the first part of this series, we examined audit risks associated with observation claims. We
Rules and regulations are always changing. Many readers may remember the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transmittal 534. This was released in early
Concerns are related to observation claims. By now just about everyone has surely heard about Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma’s
Last week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a blog post from agency Administrator Seema Verma titled “Recovery Audits: Improvements to Protect
Verma acknowledges lingering gripes about the RACs, pledges to do better. In touting the federal government’s efforts to make the realities of dealing with Recovery
There are winners and losers in the recently posted proposed rule. Weighing in at 1,824 pages, the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule for
Part II continues to explain the nuances in the changes made by CMS to its statistical sampling methodology. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services