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How to Avoid Pass-Through Billing Pitfalls in 2022 & 2023

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billion get wasted due to medical fraud and abuse, which increases the healthcare total cost. Pass-through Billing has serious effects, taking preventive measures is important so you don’t fall into this trap. The illegal billing issues and frauds in Medicare, Medicaid, and other Federal Healthcare programs are carter by OIG.

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News Flash: Last Minute Congressional Action Saves Physicians from a Nearly 10% Cut to Medicare Payments

Sheppard Health Law

The Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act ( S. The Act includes: A one-year increase in the Medicare PFS of 3%; A delay in resuming the 2% Medicare sequester for three months, followed by a reduction to 1% for three months; and. 610 ) was approved by the U.S. Senate on December 9, 2021.

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Why The End of the Public Health Emergency is Everyone’s Problem

HIT Consultant

There has never been a greater need for state and federal health and human services agencies to collaborate and take decisive action nowto be prepared. The goal of the PHE was to help low-income people receive appropriate preventive and primary care during the pandemic without disruptions in coverage. About Heather Korbulic.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center: Equity and Vision

Sheppard Health Law

On October 20, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (“ CMS ”) Innovation Center (“ Innovation Center ”) published a white paper detailing its vision for the next ten years: a health system that achieves equitable outcomes through high quality, affordable, person-centered care.

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Model Rural Emergency Hospital Act

NASHP

Definitions For the purposes of this Act: “Beds” means the number of available bed days during the most recent cost reporting period divided by the number of days in the most recent Medicare cost reporting period. Rural Hospital” means a hospital designated as a rural hospital under federal and state law.

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OIG Exclusion Lists: An Ultimate Guide

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The List of Excluded Individuals/Entities is the database that contains the organizations and individuals banned from participating in federal healthcare programs. Let’s go over what the HHS OIG is, the list itself, exclusion criteria, and how to prevent legal ramifications. Other than Medicare or Medicaid.

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Why Now is the Time to Double Down on Virtual Care

HIT Consultant

Access also improved – a Johns Hopkins University study found that Medicare beneficiaries in poor neighborhoods increased their use of telemedicine during the pandemic. Healthcare organizations should leverage lessons learned from the pandemic to create fundamental change. Federal agencies: catalysts of change.