In a $750,000 HIPAA Settlement, the University of Washington Medicine (UWM) has agreed to settle charges that it potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Security [...]
Doctors, insurers and hospitals are preparing themselves for possible business disruptions on Oct. 1. This is when ICD-10 hits, a massive new set of codes meant to describe any illness or [...]
Starting October 1st, physicians and hospitals will have to be far more specific than ever before when diagnosing problems from visits. Because of this change to the system, called ICD-10, [...]
California Medical Association (CMA ALERT) - The CMS announced that a 0.5% increase will be made for Medicare reimbursement rates, which are effective starting July 1, 2015 to December 31, [...]
For one year past the Oct. 1, 2015 deadline, the CMS will reimburse for wrongly coded claims as long as that erroneous code is in the same broad family as [...]
A four-month Medicare fraud crackdown targeting ambulance service fraud has resulted in 11 New Jersey-based ambulance service providers relinquishing their licenses this year, according to the New Jersey Department of [...]
For information related the the New "X" Modifiers and Impact to UnitedHealthcare Commercial Reimbursement Policies, please see the January UnitedHealthcare Jan 2015 Network Bulletin.
This is a "heads-up" notice to please review the details of the recent Medicare Outreach Article from CMS. We suggest that you check with your MACs on the implementation date [...]
As published in www.aapc.com Healtcare Business News December 2014 CMS released final rules outlining how Medicare will pay healthcare providers and suppliers in 2015. According to an October 31 CMS News press [...]
As published in www.aapc.com Healthcare Business News December 2014 CMS released final rules outlining how Medicare will pay healthcare providers and suppliers in 2015. According to an October 31 CMS News press [...]
