OIG: Acute Care Hospitals Owe Medicare $51.6M, CMS Agrees to Provider Clawbacks
Published: Mon, 09/25/17
OIG: Acute Care Hospitals Owe Medicare $51.6M, CMS Agrees to Provider Clawbacks
A new government report finds that Medicare improperly paid acute care hospitals for outpatient services they provided to patients who were inpatients at other facilities. And now Medicare wants the money back.CMS has agreed to claw back the $51.6 million and require hospitals to refund patient copays and
deductibles.
Much was covered during the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting last week at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) headquarters in Baltimore. The first striking item was that there were no...
Accurate, efficient revenue cycle management is essential to maintaining positive cash flow in a healthcare facility. Maintaining positive health care finances requires that claims processing and payments are effectively managed and that claims are "trackable at all points so issues can be addressed in a timely
manner...
ICD-10 New Codes: Pressure Mounts as Deadline Approaches When New Codes Become Effective
Now it’s just a little less than three weeks until the beginning of October and when the fiscal year (FY) 2018 changes for ICD-10-CM take effect. Here is a summary of the new changes for ICD-10-CM...
