CMS Clarifies ASC Policy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently clarified when physicians and non-physician practioners (NPPs) may reassign benefits to ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). According to...
View ArticleDressings Not Separately Payable Under ESRD PPS
All dressings and protective catheter coverings are included in the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System (ESRD PPS) bundled payment amount, effective. Jan. 1. Dressings or protective...
View ArticleMedicare Growth Rate at an All-time Low
Newly published Standard & Poor’s (S&P’s) Indices show the average cost of health care continues to rise, but at a much slower pace than previous years. Although the entire health care industry...
View ArticleMedicare Redesigns MSN
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 7 that it has redesigned its Medicare Summary Notice (MSN). This statement informs Medicare beneficiaries about their claims for...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Could Cut Medicare Payments by $11 Billion
Automatic spending cuts resulting from an agreement between Congress and the White House regarding the national debt ceiling—the so-called Fiscal Cliff—will cut Medicare payments to providers and...
View ArticleSalary Survey 2012: Trends Show Growth and Diversification
Five-year comparison indicates consistent progress in this health care sector. By David Blackmer, BA, and Brad Ericson, MPC, CPC, COSC Download the PDF of this article Snapshots are instant slices of...
View ArticleMedicare Publishes Info for Same-Sex Spouses
Information for same-sex spouses is now available on Medicare.gov, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in early April. The move follows a decision by the federal...
View ArticleMedicare Growth Rate at an All-time Low
Newly published Standard & Poor’s (S&P’s) Indices show the average cost of health care continues to rise, but at a much slower pace than previous years. Although the entire health care industry...
View ArticleMedicare Redesigns MSN
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced March 7 that it has redesigned its Medicare Summary Notice (MSN). This statement informs Medicare beneficiaries about their claims for...
View ArticleFiscal Cliff Could Cut Medicare Payments by $11 Billion
Automatic spending cuts resulting from an agreement between Congress and the White House regarding the national debt ceiling—the so-called Fiscal Cliff—will cut Medicare payments to providers and...
View ArticleSalary Survey 2012: Trends Show Growth and Diversification
Five-year comparison indicates consistent progress in this healthcare sector. By David Blackmer, BA, and Brad Ericson, MPC, CPC, COSC Download the PDF of this article Snapshots are instant slices of...
View ArticleMedicare Publishes Info for Same-Sex Spouses
Information for same-sex spouses is now available on Medicare.gov, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in early April. The move follows a decision by the federal...
View ArticleEligibility: What You Need to Know
Protect the financial livelihood of your practice through coverage verification and balance collection. Making sure your practice is paid in full for services rendered is a two-step process: First,...
View ArticleCMS Finalizes Standards for Issuers and Health Insurance Marketplaces
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is creating a next generation risk adjustment model that will: (1) account for the number of individuals who had a Marketplace plan for less than...
View ArticleSave $$$ and Fulfill Your New Year’s Resolutions
Use your AAPC member discounts to make good on your 2018 goals. When the latest Google search terms were analyzed by Nicole Spencer at NBC News to determine collective interests in New Year’s...
View ArticleFind It In the Knowledge Center
The healthcare industry is a fast-paced, ever-changing business that never rests. Perpetual changes to federal regulations, code sets, and technology make it nearly impossible to stay up to date. But...
View ArticleYour CEUs Just Got a Lot Easier with My AAPC
No more will that CEU code from a chapter meeting or webinar be lost in your purse or notebook thanks to new features in the My AAPC app. You can upload and manage what you need on the spot, and you...
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