New federal legislation to permanently eliminate planned yearly cuts in Medicare reimbursements for physicians may not have enough votes to pass Congress because it would raise healthcare costs — on paper, at least, according to a report by the New…
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A bill introduced in the Senate last week by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and supported by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) would stop next year's reductions in Medicare reimbursement rates to physicians, according to a report by the Los…
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Medicaid reimbursements to physicians and facilities could drastically decline, as could the number of eligible Medicaid enrollees, when federal stimulus funds currently used to help state Medicaid programs avoid these reductions runs out, according to a report by American Medical…
Physicians' Medicare Part B "place of service" coding for services performed in ASCs will be a target for monitoring and enforcement by the HHS Office of the Inspector General in the 2010 fiscal year, according to Work Plan recently released…
The HHS Office of the Inspector General will monitor several specific coding issues for physicians' offices in Fiscal Year 2010, according to an extensive Work Plan released by the OIG's office.
Lisa Rock, president and CEO of National Medical Billing Services, says that rejection of claims due to errors in the electronic submission process can be reduced by three simple practices.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is proposing a 0.5 percent increase in Medicare reimbursements for physicians in 2011 and 2012, rather than a one-year fix in reimbursements proposed by Sen. Max Baucus in his health reform bill, according to a…