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- February 26, 2014
Grace Period Option Can Be Burden on Small Practices
Read moreA provision in the Affordable Care Act offers patients who qualify for an advanced tax subsidy when purchasing a product through the exchange a grace period in which they may neglect to pay their premiums for up to 90 days. During the first 30 days of the grace period,...
00 - February 26, 2014
Commissioner Salazar Convenes Health Care Cost Study Group
Read moreAccording to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Colorado resort region that includes Aspen, Vail and Garfield and Summit counties has the highest health insurance premiums in the nation (click here to read the report about the rates in new geographically delineated health insurance markets). Earlier this...
- February 26, 2014
SGR “Pay-fors” Still Up in the Air
Read moreIf Congress doesn’t take action, the current SGR patch is set to expire at the end of March enacting a 24% pay cut. While ideas for “pay-fors” for the repeal seem to be scarce, provider groups agree on one thing – the time to repeal the SGR is now....
- February 26, 2014
Rural Physicians More Likely to Participate in QI Efforts and Discuss Cost of Care with Patients
Read moreA new study in the National Rural Health Association’s Journal of Rural Health finds rural primary care physicians are more likely to participate in quality improvement activities than their urban counterparts. According to Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association, “Quality healthcare can be found in rural...
- February 26, 2014
CERT A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force
Read moreThe CERT A/B MAC Outreach & Education Task Force, a partnership of all A/B Medicare Administrative Contractors, created this Task Force Scenario: Documenting Therapy and Rehabilitation Services guide to educate providers on common documentation errors for outpatient rehabilitation therapy services. These widespread errors contribute to Medicare’s national payment error rate,...
- February 25, 2014
Medicare Part A
Read moreMedicare News Availability of the Proposed Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Wage Index Public Use Files (PUFs) and Deadline for Requesting Corrections to the Wage Index DataOn or about Thursday, February 20, 2014, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed FY 2015 wage index PUFs....
- February 25, 2014
Medicare Part B
Read moreMedicare News New Medicare Insights Weekly Podcasts Ready for Download In this week’s Medicare Insights Weekly podcast we discuss the Local Coverage Determination retirement process. We also include news on website navigation frequently asked questions, enhancements to our website and introduce the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) A/B MAC...
- February 25, 2014
ICD-10 Road Shows March and April
Read moreThe CHIMA ICD-10 Task Force has been hard at work planning the 2014 ICD-10 Roadshows. The ICD-10-Road Shows are set for March & April 2014 in Denver, Pueblo, Greeley and Grand Junction! 1-1/2 days of education focused on ICD-10-CM with hands on coding sessions. Colorado’s own AHIMA Approved ICD-10...
- February 25, 2014
CMS Fact Sheet
Read moreCMS Media Relations February 24, 2014 CMS Seeks Input on Next Phase of Competitive Bidding ImplementationContact: (202) 690-6145 or press@cms.hhs.govOverview The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced that it will seek public comment as it moves toward nationwide implementation of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics,...
- February 20, 2014
Novitas Solutions/Medicare News Part A & B
Read moreEnhancements to the Novitas Solutions WebsiteNovitas Solutions is pleased to announce enhancements to the Novitas Solutions website. After selecting your jurisdiction from the Home Page, the website opens to the new Novitas Start Center with the familiar Navigation Centers on the left hand side. This new Novitas Start Center...
