This is the complete Work Plan for FY 2009. (115 pages) Click here
OIG Open Letter This Open Letter discusses certain refinements and clarfications to OIG’s policies that we believe wil increase the efficiency of the SDP and benefit providers who self-disclose. Click to read the original letter dated April 15, 2008
MedPAC Releases Updated Medicare Payment Basics Documents On October 7, 2008, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) released documents for its Medicare Payment Basics series, which provide an overview of 18 Medicare payment systems. To view the documents, visit the Medicare Payment Basics page of the MedPAC website or click on any of the following […]
Billing for Observation – Update Observation services should not be billed concurrently with diagnostic or therapeutic services for which active monitoring is a part of the procedure (e.g., colonoscopy, chemotherapy). In situations where such a procedure interrupts observation services, hospitals would record for eachperiod of observation services the beginning and ending times during the hospital […]