CMS Data & Payment Updates

Jul 27, 20162 min read

Home Health Pre-claim review – August 1, 2016?

Yes – with less than 5 days to go – there is still significant debate about the Medical pre-claim review demonstration for Home Health...

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Jul 26, 20165 min read

Alert: Proposed CMS rule for coordinated cardiac and hip fracture care

CMS released yesterday that it plans to expand the CJR (Comprehensive Joint Replacement) bundled payment system to include not only...

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Jul 25, 20163 min read

CMS Projections of National Health Expenditures Data Released

Office of the Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its annual projections of health care spending for...

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Jul 20, 20161 min read

Alert: CMS IRF and LTCH Quality Reporting Training in August!

CMS posted that registration is open for in person provider training for both rehabilitation and long-term hospital providers. Inpatient...

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Jul 1, 20161 min read

2017 ICD-10-CM Update Released

Yep, the updated ICD-10-CM and PCS code sets are posted! Fast Facts: 1,943 new codes, 351 revised codes, and 313 deleted codes. 2017 Code...

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Jun 30, 20162 min read

Move over CJR…Here comes OCM!!!

CMS implemented the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) bundled reimbursement as of April 1st, 2016, and there are still more...

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May 4, 20161 min read

Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment Report and Data Released

Medicaid Managed Care Enrollment Report and Data Released CMS released the 2014 Managed Care enrollment Data! According to Medicare the...

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Apr 4, 20163 min read

The Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model is here!

Medicare has implemented the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model as of April 1st, 2016! Yep, as if the DRG system and...

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