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6 May 2013, 6:00 am by Rebecca Shafer, J.D.
    The most popular workers compensation abbreviations include:   AWW Average weekly wage – the average earnings of an employee based on a set number of weeks (or months) prior to the injury   C Claimant – the injured employee   Clmt: Claimant   CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – the federal government agency that oversees the Medicare and Medicaid programs  … [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 8:57 am
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reported in 2010 that approximately 17 percent of all nursing home patients were being prescribed antipsychotic medications that exceeded the recommended amount - on a daily basis. [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 5:18 pm
Based upon the same survey data, provided by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 5:18 pm
Based upon the same survey data, provided by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 1:48 pm
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) plans to make significant changes to the Recovery Auditor (RAC) program. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 8:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
” Researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation prepared the Study by conducting statistical modeling and analysis of 50 years of health spending and economic trends using data on the U.S. economy and national health care expenditures data from actuaries at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services through 2011, and from the Center for Sustainable Health Spending at the Altarum Institute for 2012. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 9:41 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
A frequent provider question is how to prevent MDS records from being submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) when Prospective Payment System (PPS) MDS assessments are completed for private insurance and are marked A0410 = 3 due to bed certification. [read post]
12 Apr 2013, 12:00 pm
One of the numerous proposals from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") is beginning in 2015, to exclude radiation therapy, outpatient therapy, and advanced imaging services from the Stark Law's exception for In-Office Ancillary Services ("IOAS") except in cases where a practice meets certain accountability standards, as defined by the Secretary. [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm by Wistar Wilson
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed a rule to implement a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) intended to protect Medicare beneficiaries. [read post]
8 Apr 2013, 1:11 pm by Lisa Baird
On March 13, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) concurrently issued CMS Ruling Number CMS-1455-R (the Administrator’s Ruling) and a proposed rule, “Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals” (the Proposed Rule). [read post]
2 Apr 2013, 4:31 pm
On April 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) held an Open Door Forum to discuss CMS's Administrator's Ruling (CMS-1455-R) and Proposed Rule (CMS-1455-P) that provide for significant changes to Medicare's Part B payment policy when a Part A hospital inpatient claim is denied as not medically necessary because the care was not provided in the appropriate setting. [read post]
1 Apr 2013, 7:01 am by Jonathan Rosenfeld
The Imperial Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center is being decertified and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have stopped funding for new patients. [read post]
28 Mar 2013, 6:11 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On March 13, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) concurrently issued a proposed rule and Administrator’s Ruling addressing the submission of Medicare Part B inpatient claims where a Medicare Part A claim for a hospital inpatient admission is denied by a Medicare review contractor on the grounds that the inpatient admission was not reasonable and necessary. [read post]
28 Mar 2013, 6:03 am by Kit Case
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will no longer require that a patient “improve” inorder to be entled to services. [read post]
27 Mar 2013, 4:18 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).AHCJ to make future iterations of this data more complete. [read post]
26 Mar 2013, 6:41 am by The Health Law Firm
The fact is that if you find yourself or your practice at the center of a Medicare audit, there is some item you have claimed as a Medicare provider or the amount of claims Medicare has paid in a certain category that has caused the audit. [read post]
21 Mar 2013, 2:47 am by Robert Kraft
But the report calculated that health and long-term care services will total $203 billion this year, much of that paid by Medicare and Medicaid and not counting unpaid care from family and friends. [read post]
20 Mar 2013, 1:07 pm by Lisa Baird
On February 1, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the long-awaited final rule implementing the physician payment transparency provisions, commonly referred to as the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, in the Obama administration's 2010 health care reform legislation. [read post]