New Medicare prior authorization requirements will take effect for certain hospital outpatient department services July 1, according to Bricker & Eckler’s Shannon DeBra. 1. Blepharoplasty, botulinum ...
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently detailed coding changes for evaluation and management reporting. There are yet-to-be-released evaluation and management (E/M) changes on the way in 2024 ...
CMS reduced outpatient overpayments given for patients receiving inpatient services in other facilities by updating their system, according to an audit from the HHS Office of Inspector General. From ...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed updating the outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payment rates by 2.6%, in a proposed rule released on Wednesday. The payment would ...
Medicare reimbursement for hospital outpatient services has come under attack in recent years, with a focus on “site neutral” payment policies that would pay hospitals for outpatient services ...