Two Reports on Health Care Trends Released The American Medical Associaion released two separate reports on health care trends in May. The first report was on 2019 health care…
Read MoreMedicare Administrative Contractors Announce Resumption of Payment Reviews Beginning in August 2020 Beginning August 2020, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) resumed post-payment reviews of items and services with dates of…
Read MoreAMA House of Delegates Calls on Medicare Advantage to Align Prior Authorization Policies with Medicare Fee-for-Service The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates issued a statement saying that…
Read MoreAMA House of Delegates Calls on Medicare Advantage to Align Prior Authorization Policies with Medicare Fee-for-Service The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates issued a statement saying that…
Read MoreAMA House of Delegates Calls for Greater Flexibility on Information-Blocking Rules New federal information-blocking regulations stemming from the 21st Century Cures Act require physicians to release health information even…
Read MoreCMS says 9.7 Million Americans were added to Medicaid rolls in 2020 Medicaid enrollment rose sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, with nearly 10 million Americans joining the public health…
Read MoreStudy Finds CMS MIPS Scores Not Correlated With Reductions in Readmissions or Complications Better MIPS quality scores may be rarely associated with lower rates of hospital complications in the…
Read MoreNew CPT Codes for Reporting Spine Surgical Procedures Multiple new Category I CPT codes for reporting spine surgical procedures go into effect on January 1, 2022. New CPT codes…
Read MoreSurgical Societies Issue Statement Against Spine Surgery by Non-Surgeons Eight spine organizations collaborated on a position statement on the performance of arthrodesis on the spine by non-surgical providers. The…
Read MoreGovernment Audit on Improper Billing for Spinal Neurostimulator Devices Leads CMS to Audit Claims In October 2022, CMS rereleased an October 2021 Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report…
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Read MoreCMS Publishes Final Rule for Inpatient Prospective Payment System On September 2, 2020, CMS issued the fiscal year (FY) 2021 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and Long-Term…
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