A bipartisan group in the US House of Representatives introduced a bill that would provide a 4.7% physician payment update in 2025. It would eliminate the 2.8% Medicare physician payment cut scheduled for Jan 1 and provide a positive update that equals half of the...
In the wake of shortages made worse by Hurricane Helene, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved changing the expiration date on multiple types of intravenous and sterile fluids made by Baxter International. Now, the fluids can be used up to two years after...
Check your final MIPS scores for the 2023 performance year, available on the QPP website. Should an error be found, the deadline to request a review is Oct. 11 at 7 pm CT. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also reminds MIPS participants that there...
To Self-Disclose or Not to Self-Disclose! | medicaidlaw-nc (medicaidlawnc.com) Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel has posted a blog about “self disclosure,” the process that occurs when a hospital, facility or practitioner identifies Medicare overpayments and reports...
A recent blog by Knicole Emanuel discussed the issue of templated notes and Medicare audits. Several doctors have told me that Medicare auditors questioned the veracity of their documentation because treatment notes were too similar. The reason of course is that the...
