Medicare
On Jan. 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law H.R. 8, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA).
On Nov. 1, CMS released the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) final rule with comment period for calendar year (CY) 2013. Changes in the rule are generally effective Jan. 1 and detailed in this advisory.
CMS and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) recently released an interim final rule with comment period that includes revisions to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and the 2014 Edition Electronic Health Record (EHR) Certification Criteria,…
On Nov. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center final rule for calendar year 2013.
Hospitals should be able to appeal Provider Reimbursement Review Board decisions beyond the usual time limit in extraordinary circumstances, the AHA said today in a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court in Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center, a case involving Medicare…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Aug. 1 placed on display its fiscal year 2013 final rule for the inpatient prospective payment system and long-term care hospital PPS.
On July 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its Medicare physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2013.
On July 6, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) proposed rule for calendar year 2013.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published the Medicare and Medicaid Programs Final Rule on Changes in Provider and Supplier Enrollment, Ordering and Certifying, and Documentation Requirements; and Changes in Provider Agreements.
Section 302 of the 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act required the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a nationwide Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program by 2010.