by hayden | CMS, Healthcare, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medical Billing, Medicare
Nothing hurts worse than a hit on your wallet. Back in September, Kaiser Health News (KHN) issued a statement on newly released federal medicare audits that revealed universal overcharges and other errors in payment to Medicare Advantage Health. These overcharges are... 
by hayden | Healthcare, Medicare, Telehealth
On December 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed the year-end $1.7 trillion Omnibus bill designed to extend telehealth services and hospital-at-home waivers for another two years. This legislation aims to avoid a government shutdown in hopes of providing numerous... 
by hayden | Healthcare, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medicare, Telehealth
With President Biden’s declaration that “the pandemic is over” just last month, many PALTC professionals grew concerned about the state of the public health emergency that has been in effect since 2020. After all, the end of the PHE would leave... 
by hayden | Fee Schedule, Healthcare, Medicare
On July 7th of this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new rule that solicits public comments on proposed policy changes for medicare payments. This proposed change would fall under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) as well as other... 
by Saisystems International | CMS, Medicare
Medicare payment cut has been delayed In a late-night vote on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, Senate passed a legislation that would prevent many statutory Medicare payment cuts in CY 2022. The legislation was introduced by Congress members Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) and Kim... 
by Saisystems International | CMS, Long-Term Post-Acute Care, Medicare, Telehealth
On July 30, Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), members of the Senate Finance Committee, and Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Ann Kuster (D-NH) reintroduced companion versions of the Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2021, bipartisan,...