FY2016 - Make Your Revenue Smarter

Interactive Map with Medicaid Fraud Control Units’ Statistical Data

On , in Documents, by AQ-IQ LLC

From the OIG, an interactive map containing data by state. 2016 Data Interactive Map 2015 Data Interactive Map 2014 Data Interactive Map 2013 Data Interactive Map 2012 Data Interactive Map 2011 Data Interactive Map 2010 Data Interactive Map

IPPS Final Rule FY2016

On , in Archives, by AQ-IQ LLC

CMS has released updates to the FY2016 Final Rule published August 17, 2015. Both the FY2016 IPPS Final Rule (August 17, 2015) and the corrections (October 5, 2015) are available. Description: We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals to implement changes arising […]

OPPS Proposed Rule 2016

On , in Archives, by AQ-IQ LLC

This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2016 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems.  In this proposed rule, we describe the proposed changes to the amounts and factors used […]

Proposed Rule Updates Wage Index And Payment Rates For The Medicare Hospice Benefit

On , in Industry News, by AQ-IQ LLC

Proposed Rule Details   BNAF phase-out.  This proposed rule would implement the fifth year of the seven-year BNAF phase-out, reducing the BNAF by 15 percent, for a total reduction of 70 percent since FY 2010. The BNAF was implemented in 1997, when the former Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), now CMS, moved from an outdated […]

Proposed Rule for IPPS and LTCH Announced

On , in Industry News, by AQ-IQ LLC

CMS today issued a proposed rule that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for inpatient stays to general acute care hospitals paid under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) paid under the LTCH Prospective Payment System (PPS). This proposed rule is a continuation of our efforts to promote improvements […]