Last Thursday evening Congress approved, and President Obama signed legislation that would reverse the 21 percent cut to Medicare physician payments, and replace it with an extension of current levels … Continue reading →

The House of Representatives, by a vote of 219 – 212, voted to pass H.R. 3590, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as amended by the Senate.  This is … Continue reading →

In the July 13 Federal Register, CMS announced a proposal to eliminate payment for consultation codes starting on Jan. 1, 2010. The plan includes non-payment for all inpatient (99251-99255, Inpatient … Continue reading →

First my aplogies for not includint this with your month end reports.  Approximately 60 plus days ago some 300,000 plus CCI edits were updated.  Hiden inside shows the vast majority  … Continue reading →

In February, we began receiving refund requests from CMS for very old charges.  All of these requests have come to us from WPS, the current Medicare intermediary.  When we first … Continue reading →

Medicare has come out with changes to the provider enrollment rules for 2009.  They will no longer back date as far back on new applications.  The effective date of enrollment … Continue reading →

Aetna has followed the industry in an attempt to reduce benefits paid. A letter dated December 2007 was mailed out to many of our hospitals and providers, a copy is … Continue reading →