Report encourages CMS to Pursue Widespread Recovery Medicare contractors overpaid physicians an estimated $13.8 million for claims with the incorrect place-of-service code during calendar year 2007, the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) says in an audit report (A-01-09-00503) posted Aug. 13, 2010. Medicare reimburses physicians more for certain services they perform in offices, urgent […]
The Affordable Care Act In Action, Securing Medicare Benefits From the Introduction: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) includes a series of Medicare reforms that will generate billions of dollars in savings for Medicare and strengthen the care Medicare beneficiaries receive. The new law protects guaranteed benefits for all Medicare beneficiaries, and provides […]
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT SAVING MONEY FOR MEDICARE AND TAXPAYERS New CMS Report Shows Savings of Nearly $8 Billion by 2012 Medicare will see savings of nearly $8 billion by the end of 2012 with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reported on August 2, 2010. In […]
[The following includes several subjects, included in this posting by CMS on July 30, 2010.] Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System Changes and FY2011 Rates; Provider Agreements and Supplier Approvals; and Hospital Conditions of Participation for Rehabilitation and Respiratory Care Services; Medicaid […]
SHOWS PAYMENT CHANGES FOR INPATIENT STAYS IN ACUTE CARE, LONG-TERM CARE FOR FY 2011 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule establishing fiscal year (FY) 2011 policies and payment rates for inpatient services furnished to people with Medicare by acute care hospitals, long-term care hospitals (LTCHs), and certain excluded hospitals, […]