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The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has rescinded its recently released stroke guidelines,...Read More »

Humana, Inc. launched a value-based Hospital Incentive Program that will pay general acute care hospitals more money for delivering on key quality...Read More »

As part of the FY 2019 IPPS proposed rule, CMS said they...Read More »

The rule includes updates to quality initiatives and changes to the 2019 ICD-10-CM/PCS codes. Coming in at 1,883 pages,...Read More »

A CERT review showed improper coding and insufficient documentation caused most improper payments for E/M services.Read More »

Providers should brush up on their MIPS knowledge and review reporting as the first quarter of 2018 draws to a close, via CMS’ recently released...Read More »

More than half of the $13.8 million in Medicare telehealth payments examined by federal auditors fell short of reporting requirements.Read More »

CMS’ quality measures for bundled payments fail to adequately measure the quality of healthcare, researchers at Johns Hopkins wrote in...Read More »

Cecilia Guardiola, RN, resigned from her position as corporate director of CDI after three months over concerns that Banner Health seemed to be...Read More »

MA plan payment rates will increase by an average of 3.4% in 2019 due to higher projected per-capita cost growth.Read More »