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Monitor Mondays

Join Chuck Buck every Monday when he welcomes RACmonitor contributing editors and special guests for the latest regulatory audit news and information from CMS, OIG and OMHA. And gain valuable context ... Read more

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Anatomy of an Alleged False Claims Act Violation: The Providence Health & Services Lawsuit

Anatomy of an Alleged False Claims Act Violation: The Providence Health & Services Lawsuit

A False Claims Act lawsuit has been filed by Integra Med Analytics against Providence St. Joseph Health, seeking $188.... Read more

27 Aug 2018

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2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Analyzing the Impacts on Providers

2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Outpatient Prospective Payment System: Analyzing the Impacts on Providers

The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule/resource-based relative value scale (MPFS/RBRVS) regulations were formally publishe... Read more

6 Aug 2018

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Case Management in the ED: Getting Patient Status Right the First Time

Case Management in the ED: Getting Patient Status Right the First Time

Case managers being situated in the emergency department (ED) appears to be a trend that is gaining traction nationwid... Read more

16 Jul 2018

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CMS, Are You Listening? Podiatrists React Negatively to Proposed E&M Changes

CMS, Are You Listening? Podiatrists React Negatively to Proposed E&M Changes

“Podiatrists should not be discriminated against any further. E&M (evaluation and management) requirements are the ... Read more

20 Aug 2018

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Removing the Surprise from ED Billing

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Pick up any healthcare news feed or relevant state or federal initiative, and no doubt you will see the "surprise billin... Read more

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Home Health and Hospice: State of the Union

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It’s been a rough year for home health and hospice providers, especially in light of the fact that the Centers for Medic... Read more

9 Dec 2019

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TKA 2.0: CMS Updates Total Knee Arthroplasty, Again

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Seeking to clarify its original MLN Matters guidance on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) issued earlier this month, the Cen... Read more

28 Jan 2019

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Hospital Price Transparency: Clearing Up the Compliance Confusion

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Contentious and confusing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Price Transparency Rule will ... Read more

2 Mar 2020

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Changes in the Works for Home Care Providers

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The Center for Medicare Advocacy (CMA) is reporting news about a new payment structure for home care, noting that such a... Read more

5 Aug 2019

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Discharge Planning Conditions of Participation: The IMPACT and Consequences

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Many hospitals are likely in the throes of preparing to implement the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)... Read more

26 Nov 2019

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2019: Look Out, Look Ahead

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2019 is shaping up to be another tumultuous year in healthcare. Decisions being made in Washington will impact every pra... Read more

14 Jan 2019

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2020: Look Out, Look Ahead

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2020 ushers in a formidable decade of healthcare regulations and a perilous audit landscape, populated with aggressive a... Read more

13 Jan 2020

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Exclusive: The Plight of Rural Health, Part II

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Like a destructive earthquake, recent news from The Chartis Center for Rural, documenting the accelerated rate of closur... Read more

24 Feb 2020

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The Dilemma of Sepsis Reporting

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Controversy swirls and denials of claims continue when it comes to reporting sepsis. Exacerbating this compliance issue ... Read more

10 Dec 2018

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Beware: Emerging New Payer Denial for COPD

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There’s a new and disturbing payer denial—a situation that has caught the attention of the Brundage Group. An insurance... Read more

30 Jul 2018

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Court Orders HHS to Clear Medicare Appeals Backlog

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U.S. District Court Judge James E. Boasberg ruled last week that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ... Read more

12 Nov 2018

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Medicare Advantage Claim Denials: More Egregious, or More Awareness?

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Are recent denials by Medicare Advantage plans egregious examples of the insurance companies’ overreach? Or is there sim... Read more

26 Nov 2018

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CMS Proposes to Implement Home Health Pre-Claim Review Demonstration

CMS Proposes to Implement Home Health Pre-Claim Review Demonstration

Home health providers are now on alert following an announcement on Wednesday that the Centers for Medicare and Medicai... Read more

1 Oct 2018

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Known by the Company You Keep: Disclosures of Affiliations

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Direct or indirect past affiliation with an individual the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) deems to b... Read more

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