by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 30, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement
CMS Finds High Incidence of Improper Payments for Power Wheelchair Claims Based on the findings of the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program reviews of power wheelchair claims, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) conducted a special study...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 28, 2012 | Day-to-Day Operations, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Announcement from the CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with state and local health departments and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating a multi-state meningitis outbreak of fungal infections among patients who have received...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 21, 2012 | Electronic Medical Records, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just announced that the Quality Reporting Communication Support Page (where you go to apply for one of the four hardship exemptions from the 2013 1.5% Medicare payment reduction) will re-open November 1, 2012...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 7, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
The 2013 Work Plan for the OIG has been released and here are some of the top items that relate to medical practices. This is a great list to use for review and discussion – Is your medical practice...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 30, 2012 | Medicare & Reimbursement, Medicare This Week
Medicare pricing for flu vaccines were released September 28th and appear below for all HCPCS codes which were published with fees. For more information on billing for these vaccines, see our post here. NEW for 2012-2013! 90653 – Influenza virus vaccine, inactivated,...
by Abraham Whaley | Sep 13, 2012 | Collections, Billing & Coding, Compliance, Finance, General, Medicare & Reimbursement
If you have, please consider taking a few minutes to fill out the post-Audit survey being compiled and made available free by the Frank Cohen Group. This is the last week the survey is being offered, so hurry! “Just a reminder that the RAC audits and appeals...
