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- March 26, 2014
Will New Rules to Prevent Narrowing of Networks Drive Away Payers?
Read moreHealthcare providers have raised alarms over narrow provider networks in the public health insurance exchanges, but Moody’s Investors Service says proposed rules to open up the networks could drive health plans to drop out of the new market. Proposed federal rules that would limit the ability of health plans...
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New Revenue Projections Released in Advance of Budget Bill
Read moreEconomists delivered new projections to the legislature’s budget committee last week in advance of the introduction of the budget bill for fiscal year 2014-15. Revenues have rebounded solidly since the Great Recession, and the state expects a surplus of $257 million this fiscal year, and more than double that...
- March 26, 2014
Update on the Doc Fix
Read moreFrom the National Rural Health Association (NRHA): Early this morning the House Rules Committee posted a bill that would delay all scheduled cuts under the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) for 12 months. In addition to the delay in SGR cuts, the bill includes a number of rural Medicare extenders...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B- POE Advisory Group Meeting Minutes
Read moreJH Part B Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes 2/20/2014 The Jurisdiction H Part B Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes for 2-20-2014 are now available for your review here.
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part A- POE Advisory Group Meeting Minutes
Read moreJH Part A Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes 2/20/2014 The Jurisdiction H Part A Provider Outreach and Education (POE) Advisory Group (AG) Meeting Minutes for 2-20-2014 are now available for your review here.
- March 20, 2014
Therapy Threshold Cap
Read moreRelease of Therapy Threshold Cap claims effective 2/28/2014 Late Development of Therapy Threshold Cap Additional Development Requests (ADR’s) CMS provided direction that February 28 is the last day a MAC may send Pre-Payment ADRs for the Recovery Auditor Prepayment Review Demonstration. Due to the timing of system processing for...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B-Route to ICD-10
Read moreRoad to 10: The Small Physicians Practices Route to ICD-10 Are you a small physicians practice wondering how to transition to ICD-10? Well you’re in luck!! We posted the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Road to 10: The Small Physicians Practices Route to ICD-10, on the ICD-10 Implementation...
- March 20, 2014
CREATE Tip of the Week – Self-Score
Read moreSelf – Score Your Application Before A CREATE Review Did you know that the CREATE Scoring Tool used in CREATE Review’s by the Financial Waiver and Expert Review Committee’s is posted on the CREATE website? This tool is an outstanding tool for self-evaluating and improving each section of your...
- March 20, 2014
Medicare Part B-“Ask the Contractor Teleconference”
Read moreJH Part B Teleconference Handout: “Ask-the-Contractor Teleconference” March 20, 2014 (10:00am-11:30am CT) The Jurisdiction H Part B Ask-the-Teleconference Agenda for March 20, 2014 is available for your viewing pleasure by clicking here.
- March 20, 2014
Place of Service Codes Webinar
Read morePart B Webinar Handout: “Using Place of Service Codes Correctly” March 19, 2014 (2:00pm -3:00pm ET, 1:00pm-2:00pm CT) If you are struggling to determine which place of service codes you need to use to complete your Medicare billing, then you must attend our webinar on “Using Place of Service...
