by Keith Kuhn | May 1, 2014 | Provider
Heritage Valley Health System’s efforts to better connect with patients now includes an overhauled web home page that makes it easier to get lab results, track medical records and make doctor’s appointments. The new website comes as the health system moves toward...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 29, 2014 | Government
The White House Administration’s top Medicare official is stepping down from his post. Jonathan Blum, the principal deputy administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has been with the agency for more than five years. CMS Administrator...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 28, 2014 | Government, Reimbursement
CMS wants to focus on improper payment prevention, but will providers see fewer burdens? With Medicare’s “two midnight rule” set to take effect later this year and audit appeals facing lengthy backlogs, the Recovery Audit Contractor program may be headed in some new...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 28, 2014 | Government, Reimbursement
Medicare officials want to make it harder for their recovery-audit companies to collect fees for auditing hospital and doctor bills. Earlier this week, the Government Accountability Office gave the CMS the go-ahead to make the change despite protests from the...
by Keith Kuhn | Apr 26, 2014 | Government, Reimbursement
Weeks after the President signed the temporary Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) “doc fix” bill that included a one-year extension to ICD-10 implementation, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has just now updated its website to acknowledge...
