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1 Aug 2013, 9:50 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday (July 31, 2013) published its final Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System for Federal Fiscal Year 2014 Final Rule (Rule). [read post]
1 Aug 2013, 2:00 am
., The Health Law Firm On July 16, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a press release summarizing the performance results for the first year of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) … Continue reading → [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 4:38 pm
Its findings, which underscore several years of complaints that the distinction between an inpatient and observation stay isn't always clear, come just days before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is expected to issue final regulations intended to address the problem.Those rules, proposed in April, would assume that patients who stay two nights or longer in the hospital are inpatients. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 12:12 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator's Ruling CMS-1455-R has also had an effect on the ALJs. [read post]
31 Jul 2013, 11:51 am
” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid emphasized that this is the logical next step from President Obama’s 2010 memorandum that guaranteed hospital patients the right to have a same-sex partner visit them. [read post]
30 Jul 2013, 10:27 am
., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will temporarily ban new … Continue reading → [read post]
29 Jul 2013, 10:40 am
On July 19, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its proposed rule updating Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS) rates and polices for calendar year (CY) 2014. [read post]
25 Jul 2013, 6:01 am
Far too often, these claims are subjected to lengthy and cumbersome reviews by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine appropriate set-aside amounts to pay for future medical costs in which Medicare may have an interest. [read post]
24 Jul 2013, 2:58 pm
Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced a national initiative to reduce the “unnecessary use of antipsychotic drugs and improve the overall care of nursing home residents with dementia. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 1:36 pm
A recent study commissioned by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shows an increase in the overall quality of skilled nursing facilities from early 2009 to late 2011 in both Kentucky and North Carolina. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 11:59 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is issuing demand letters seeking recoupment of reimbursement from medical providers and suppliers for Medicare beneficiaries that, according to data from the Social Security Administration (SSA), were allegedly "incarcerated" at the time services were provided. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 8:06 am
In its proposed rules for hospitals in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services asked for ideas about "how we may better display this information on the Hospital Compare Web site. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 12:35 pm
On July 9, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2014 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule (CMS -1601-P). [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 10:00 am
Recently Medicare Contractors have reported seeing an increase in errors identified by the CERT Contractor for home health services, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).... [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 10:00 am
Recently Medicare Contractors have reported seeing an increase in errors identified by the CERT Contractor for home health services, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).... [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 10:00 am
Recently Medicare Contractors have reported seeing an increase in errors identified by the CERT Contractor for home health services, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).... [read post]
21 Jul 2013, 10:12 am
This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ruled that nursing home residents may use organizations as authorized representatives in the Medicaid application and enrollment process. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 2:53 am
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposed that “Medicare will pay the costs of brain imaging that uses a Eli Lilly & Co. drug to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease only for patients participating in approved clinical studies,” Bloomberg News reported. [read post]
19 Jul 2013, 12:12 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a rule clarifying the requirements for assistance personnel in certain Affordable Care Act exchanges.The Tennis Channel appealed a court’s decision to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) ruling that Comcast Corp. was discriminating against the Tennis Channel.The FDA allowed the marketing of a brain wave test… [read post]
17 Jul 2013, 2:10 pm
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule mandating that long term care (LTC) facilities and hospice providers enter into written agreements if the facility chooses to arrange hospice services through a Medicare-certified hospice provider. [read post]
