The Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) proposed rule has come out! It will take time to read and digest so details will follow. At first glance, there are no changes to Cellular Tissue Product /skin substitute payment, which remain under package pricing in...
The Biden administration announced the termination of a program that provided more than $2.55 billion in accelerated and advance Medicare payments to over 4,200 providers (hospitals and physicians) that suffered cash flow disruptions following the Change Healthcare...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added 76 new items and deleted three from its master list of durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies. CMS may require physicians to submit prior authorizations or written orders and...
That drawer or cabinet of old medications can be dangerous. However, it’s hard to know what to do with expired medications or medications that you or a loved one no longer takes. Flushing them down the toilet is a bad idea and throwing them in the trash is not a good...
It’s always a good idea to subscribe to the email list serve of your Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC). If NGS is your MAC, you might want to subscribe to the Self-Service Plus newsletter, accessed online. Every Monday (excluding holidays), you will receive an...
