Anesthesiologists Targeted for Medicare Comparative Billing Reports
Beginning in March, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will release Comparative Billing Reports to some providers who perform anesthesia services. READ MORE
Indiana Medicaid Providers Can Use FADS Secure Portal during Program Integrity Audits; FADS Training Now Available
Indiana Medicaid providers who are identified for Program Integrity Audits can respond to audit letters using the Indiana FADS Secure Portal. And a new online training module from IHCP, Indiana FADS Secure Portal Tutorial, will give providers, staff members, or other representatives the information they need to use the system. READ MORE
Medicare to Remove Social Security Numbers from Medicare Cards
Medicare will soon begin replacing beneficiaries’ social-security-based Health Insurance Claim Number with new randomly-assigned Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBI) to help protect against fraud and identity theft. Congress mandated the change through the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) with an April 2019 deadline. READ MORE
False Claim Act Penalties Doubled Starting August 1
Beginning August 1, 2016, penalties under the False Claims Act have almost doubled. READ MORE
OIG Recommends Ending Provider-Based Facility Payments
The Office of Inspector general is recommending that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) eliminate the “provider-based facility” place of service designation because there is no reliable way to track or audit payments or potential overpayments. READ MORE
Implementing Your Own Pre-Bill Review Process
In a recent ICD-10 Monitor article, Bonnie Cassidy, vice president of consulting for Precyse MedAssets, claimed that the best way to get a handle on the growing number of denials under ICD-10 is for various players along the revenue cycle to “work collaboratively to design and deploy … a new pre-bill review process.” READ MORE
CMS Limits the Scope of Review on Redeterminations of Certain Claims
Starting April 18, 2016, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and Qualified Independent Contractors (QICs) conducting redeterminations and reconsiderations of denied claims must limit their review to the reason the claim or line item at issue was initially denied. READ MORE
OCR Begins Phase 2 HIPAA Audits
The Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has begun its Phase 2 Audits of covered entities and their business associates under the HIPAA Privacy, Security and Breach Notification Rules. READ MORE
Sorting through the 2014 OIG Work Plan
On Friday, January 31, 2014, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released the 2014 Work Plan outlining key priorities in overseeing the health and welfare of the country. READ MORE
Higher E&M Levels, Cloned EHRs Garner Feds Attention – Part 2
This two-part series focuses on the recent report by the Center for Public Integrity which revealed a growing trend in billing for higher level Medicare patient visits among doctors. READ MORE
