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Obtaining Final Medicare Secondary Payer Conditional Payment Amounts via Web Portal

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This interim final rule with comment period specifies the process and timeline for expanding CMS’ existing Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Web portal to conform to section 201 of the Medicare IVIG and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (the SMART Act). The interim final rule specifies a timeline for developing a multifactor authentication […]

SESSION 3 Riding the Wave

SESSION 2 Learning to Surf

IRF Coding: 6 Steps to Getting it Right

A Push Toward Perfection

IPPS Final Rule FY2014

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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 […]

IRF PPS Final Rule FY2014

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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 […]

Hospice Wage Index and Payment Rate Update; Hospice Quality Reporting Requirements; and Updates on Payment Reform 2014 Final Rule

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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 […]

Coding Mammography: Screening vs Diagnostic