Fraud Round-Up

If you read the news, you know that health care fraud is just as prevalent as ever. During any given time, you will be able to find a headline about a provider or care giver defrauding patients, insurance companies, or CMS in every state across the nation. This month...

The Claims Denial Epidemic

The American Hospital Association recently released the results of a survey conducted to explore the efficacy of the RAC program in hospitals nationwide. The survey utilized the results responses submitted by 676 participating hospitals in order to explore the...

Top Recent Regulatory Activities by the US Government

Recently, the U.S. Government has been undertaking regulatory activities to drive down healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes. It is crucial to keep an eye on published regulations. One of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) key goals is to...

The Two Midnight Rule 2016 Exception

CMS released CY 2016 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Proposed Rule (CMS 1633 P). In which they propose to allow an exception to the controversial Two Midnight Rule. This proposed change is in recognition that there may be times when an inpatient admission...

Medicare Guidance for Mid-Level Providers

Taking the Guesswork out of Correct Billing More and more health organizations are hiring midlevel providers to perform services that were formerly thought to be appropriate exclusively for medical physicians. While it is less costly to hire Physician Assistants,...