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News & Opinion from the Week of November 3 – 9, 2013
AHA and AMA to CMS Re: Two-midnight Policy Inpatient Admission and Review Criteria The AHA and the AMA issued a joint letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner on Friday, January 8, in a rare show of combined agreement and support … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 midnight policy, 2 midnight rule, aha, ama, CMS, CMS-1599, compliance, IP admission, IP benchmark, ipps final rule fy2014, MACs, RAC, RAC Audits, recovery audit contractor
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“Finally Friday!” 2014 IPPS Final Rule for Dummies – Part 2
This session was recorded on Friday, September 20, 2013. Certification Forms & Decision Trees We covered two topics this week, relative to the 2014 IPPS Final Rule, concerning Certification requirements and a set of Decision Trees we have created … Continue reading
“Finally Friday!” 2014 IPPS Final Rule for Dummies
This session was recorded on Friday, September 13, 2013. Dr. Michael Salvatore from Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, Delaware shares a presentation he just did for the Hospitalists at his hospital, earlier this week. We share his PowerPoint presentation as … Continue reading
“Finally Friday!” 2014 IP Certification and Order 09 05 13
This session was recorded on Friday, September 6, 2013. Dr. Ron Hirsch from Accretive PAS joined us to recap a talk he just did earlier this week at a conference in St. Louis. Ron reviewed for us a part of … Continue reading
“Finally Friday!” Certification Requirements – Overview by The Health Law Partners
This session was recorded on Friday, August 23, 2013. Today’s show is an review of the NEW Certification Requirement for payment of Medicare Inpatient Part A claims. We were joined by Jessica Gustafson, Esq., of The Health Law Partners, using … Continue reading
“Finally Friday!” Overview of FY2014 IPPS Final Rule – The Health Law Partners
This session was recorded on Friday, August 16, 2013. Today’s show is an overview by Abby Pendleton, Esq., of The Health Law Partners, with a report on the IPPS Final Rule for FY2014, specifically the portions that pertain to payment … Continue reading
“Finally Friday!” FY 2014 IPPS Final Rule Part 2: NOW What? Panel Discussion
This session was recorded on Friday, August 9, 2013. Today’s show is our 2nd panel discussion with industry experts on what they suggest providers do now,after the approval of the IPPS Final Rule for FY2014. This show is even better … Continue reading
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Tagged CMS, CMS-1599, compliance, finally friday, IP benchmark, ip part b rebilling, part b rebill
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“Finally Friday!” FY 2014 IPPS Final Rule: What Do I Do Now? Panel Discussion
This session was recorded on Friday, August 2, 2013. Today’s show is panel discussion with industry experts on what they suggest providers do now, with the imminent approval of the IPPS Final Rule for FY2014.
The House Always Wins
CMS Stacks the Deck Against You And it sure seems like they cheat. The pace of hospital audits by RAC and MAC contractors in Medicare has never been greater, and now include pre-payment reviews as well. The States are ramping … Continue reading
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Tagged CMS, inpatient benchmark, IP benchmark, physician advisor boot camp, rac summit
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“Finally Friday!” 2014 IPPS Proposed Rule Posted
This session was recorded on Friday, May 3, 2013. Dr. Ron Hirsch of Accretive PAS goes over the 2014 IPPS Proposed Rule as posted by CMS last week. (Find all the documents, below.) We go over one part of the … Continue reading
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Tagged CMS, CMS-1599, finally friday, inpatient benchmark, IP benchmark
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