August 2007 Entries

Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP)

posted @ Friday, August 31, 2007 7:41 AM |

CMS-1539-F: Hospice Wage Index for Fiscal Year 2008 (issued August 30, 2007)

posted @ Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:04 AM |

Publications/Medicare Advisory/Current September 2007 Medicare Advisory (2007-09)

posted @ Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:00 AM |

Alzheimer’s Association Releases Recommendations for End-of-Life Care

posted @ Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:08 AM |

Palmetto GBA Claims Processing Issues Log (RHHI)

posted @ Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:05 AM |

Provider Contact Centers (PCCs) Will Close on September 3, 2007 for Labor Day

posted @ Wednesday, August 29, 2007 7:02 AM |

Press Release Details for: CMS ISSUES FINAL RULE PROHIBITING PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRAL

posted @ Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:42 AM |

153 new case-mix groups, points for secondary and V codes in '08

posted @ Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:38 AM |

Reporting of Additional Data to Describe Services on Hospice Claims

posted @ Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:33 AM |

Direct Data Entry (DDE) Security Measures- Reminder!

posted @ Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:31 AM |

Home Health Prospective Payment System Refinement & Rate Update for Calendar Year 2008

posted @ Monday, August 27, 2007 12:10 PM |

OIG issues report on State Medicaid agencies' healthcare IT initiatives

posted @ Friday, August 24, 2007 8:08 AM |

NAHC Highly Critical of Medicare Payment Rule

posted @ Thursday, August 23, 2007 10:13 AM |

SUMMARY OF FINAL HH PPS REFINEMENTS COMPARED TO CURRENT HH PPS PAYMENT SYSTEM

posted @ Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:34 PM |

CMS ANNOUNCES PAYMENT CHANGES FOR MEDICARE HOME HEALTH SERVICES

posted @ Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:30 PM |

CMS ANNOUNCES THE START OF PARTICIPANT RECRUITMENT FOR POST ACUTE CARE PAYMENT REFORM DEMONSTRATION

posted @ Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:33 AM |

CMS Switching to Broadband

posted @ Thursday, August 16, 2007 9:38 AM |

Timeliness Standards for Processing Other-Than-Clean Claims-Palmetto GBA

posted @ Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:19 AM |

VNSNY Leads Groundbreaking Initiative to Improve Geriatric Home Health Care

posted @ Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:14 AM |

Home Telehealth for Medicaid Recipients Focus of Online Resource, Teleconference

posted @ Monday, August 13, 2007 3:00 PM |

Microsoft Promotes Its Unified Touch Medical Communications

posted @ Monday, August 13, 2007 7:17 AM |

MedPac Comment Letter to Proposed Changes to PPS

posted @ Friday, August 10, 2007 10:10 AM |

NPI: The Importance of Reporting Medicare Legacy Numbers in NPPES

posted @ Friday, August 10, 2007 7:38 AM |

Case mix, V codes, sequencing and M0245: How to get it right and get the payment you deserve

posted @ Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:41 AM |

NHPCO Accredited to Provide Continuing Medical Education to Physicians

posted @ Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:05 PM |

Claim Status Category Code and Claim Status Code Update

posted @ Tuesday, August 07, 2007 3:02 PM |

Reasons for Provider Notification of Medicare Claims Disputed/Rejected by Supplemental Payers/Insurers

posted @ Tuesday, August 07, 2007 7:16 AM |

Circle of Life Awards Recognize Innovative End-of-Life Care Providers

posted @ Friday, August 03, 2007 7:33 AM |

CMS Delays Deployment of the NPI Registry and the dissemination of FOIA-disclosable health care provider data NPPES

posted @ Friday, August 03, 2007 7:30 AM |

CMS Increases Medicare Payments for Beneficiaries Using Skilled Nursing Facility Care For 2008

posted @ Wednesday, August 01, 2007 7:20 AM |