The AMA’s official errata for 2014 CPT® is a pdf document of 9 pages including the most recent entries added to Errata and Technical Corrections – CPT® 2014 Revise sunset date for Category III codes 0195T, and 0196T Revise transposed code in the Index for colon/exploration 44388 Revise citation for codes 64831, and 64832 Revise […]
Procedures That Will be Paid Only as Inpatient for CY2014 This is a zip file for download. CPT® license agreement required. CY2014 OPPS Addenda [ZIP, 1.8 MB] (The 2014 Inpatient Only List is here as Addendum E.)
To view the full report, please click the link below (requires Adobe Reader): OIG 2014 Work Plan
This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2014 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, are changes to the amounts and factors used to […]
IMPORTANT. As a practitioner in the hospital environment you are expected to utilize this guidance related to hospital inpatient admission. Click here to read the letter from CMS.
According to CMS the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals is being revised. Some of the changes implement certain statutory provisions contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively known as the Affordable […]
This final rule updates the prospective payment rates for inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) for federal fiscal year (FY) 2014 (for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2013 and on or before September 30, 2014) as required by the statute. This final rule also revised the list of diagnosis codes that may be counted toward […]
This final rule updates the hospice payment rates and the wage index for fiscal year (FY) 2014, and continues the phase out of the wage index budget neutrality adjustment factor (BNAF). Including the FY 2014 15 percent BNAF reduction, the total 5 year cumulative BNAF reduction in FY 2014 will be 70 percent. The BNAF […]
This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2014. In addition, it revises and rebases the SNF market basket, revises and updates the labor related share, and makes certain technical and conforming revisions in the regulations text. This final rule also […]