Holdup at the doctor’s office? New billing codes could be why.

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, [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:40:56+00:00September 24th, 2015|

CMS will reimburse ICD-10 mistakes for one year after transition deadline

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:41:18+00:00July 7th, 2015|

US Attorney’s Office Recovers Over $20 Million Dollars Against Community Health Network

In another instance of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid programs, Josh J. Minkler, United States Attorney, announced today a $20,324,902.22 civil settlement with Community Health Network (ACHN), a non-profit health [...]

By |2015-09-13T17:57:15+00:00July 2nd, 2015|

Medicare Fraud – Taken For a Ride By Ambulance Companies in New Jersey

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 [...]

By |2020-04-13T18:41:26+00:00April 15th, 2015|

Government Recovers $3.3 billion in Fiscal 2014 Federal Health Program Fraud

WASHINGTON--The government recovered $3.3 billion in fiscal 2014 from individuals and companies that tried to defraud federal health programs, part of an effort by the Obama administration to improve enforcement [...]

By |2020-04-13T06:44:24+00:00March 19th, 2015|

New “X” Modifiers and Impact to UnitedHealthcare Commercial Reimbursement Policies

For information related the the New "X" Modifiers and Impact to UnitedHealthcare Commercial Reimbursement Policies, please see the January UnitedHealthcare Jan 2015 Network Bulletin.

By |2020-04-13T07:16:01+00:00January 18th, 2015|