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- June 12, 2014
Medicare Part B News-Jurisdiction H for June 11th, 2014
Read moreThe following information is provided by Novitas Solutions. Medicare News New Medicare Insights Weekly Podcasts Now Available In this week’s Medicare Insights Weekly podcast, we highlight the proper use of modifier 59. We also include time sensitive information about our electronic data interchange forms, mailing addresses and invite you...
00 - June 12, 2014
Medicare Part A News-Jurisdiction H for June 11th, 2014
Read moreThe following information is provided by Novitas Solutions. Medicare News New dates and locations are now available for upcoming 2014 Medicare Symposiums! July 23, 2014 – Little Rock, ARAugust 26, 2014 – Frisco, TX Please take a moment to review the updated 2014 Medicare Symposium brochure and register for...
- June 12, 2014
Medicare Part B News-Jurisdiction H for June 9th, 2014
Read moreThe following information is provided by Novitas Solutions. Medicare News Customer Contact Center SurveyYour feedback is important to us. Please take a moment to complete the Customer Contact Center Survey so we can better assist you. May 2014 Medicare Part A NewsletterThe May 2014 Medicare Part A Newsletter is...
- June 12, 2014
Medicare Part B News-Jurisdiction H for June 9th, 2014
Read moreThe following information is provided by Novitas Solutions. Medicare News Customer Contact Center SurveyYour feedback is important to us. Please take a moment to complete the Customer Contact Center Survey so we can better assist you. Revalidation for Jurisdiction H (JH) Providers and SuppliersNovitas has updated the Revalidation Request...
- June 12, 2014
Medicare Part A News-Jurisdiction H for June 10th, 2014
Read moreThe following information is provided by Novitas Solutions. Medicare News Overlapping Claims Requiring a Request for Assistance (RFA) – Reason Code U5601Effective June 16, 2014, documentation requested due to Reason Code U5601 should be submitted to the following fax number: 1-877-439-5479. Providers are also given the opportunity to submit...
- June 12, 2014
American Journal of Medicine Discusses Telemedicine and ACA
Read moreMajor Medical Journal Discusses Telemedicine & ACA Despite the Affordable Care Act’s rocky roll-out last October, more than 7 million Americans have signed on for health-care coverage through the Act as of March 31. Another 3 million have enrolled in state Medicaid plans, largely due to a provision of...
- June 12, 2014
Updated RHC and FQHC Billing Guide
Read moreThe Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Billing Guide, updated June 5th, 2014, is now available to view online here.
- June 11, 2014
AMA Calls to Give Veterans Access to Private Sector Health Providers
Read moreAccording to the American Medical Association (AMA), veterans facing long wait times for healthcare at government hospitals should have access to private doctors. The AMA, the largest doctor’s group in the U.S., voted at its annual meeting yesterday to ask President Obama to give veterans access to private-sector health...
- June 11, 2014
New Report About Narrow Networks Released by McKinsey Center
Read moreRoughly half of the products sold on exchanges in 2014 were narrow-network plans, according to a study by the McKinsey Center for US Health System Reform (read the study here). In the largest city in each state, that figure jumped to 60 percent. The vast majority of exchange customers...
- June 11, 2014
New Study From CHA Shows Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Hospital Volumes
Read moreA new study from the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA) shows the impact of Medicaid expansion on hospital volumes in the 26 states that chose to expand Medicaid eligibility under an option offered through the Affordable Care Act. The study shows that the Medicaid proportion of patient volume at hospitals...
