As more and more health systems and hospitals have looked to supplement clinical visits with monitoring and managing care for patients at home, remote patient monitoring (RPM) programs have grown in popularity. Medicare coverage for RPM services was already limited, but...Read More »
Members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) gathered for a presentation by MedPAC senior analyst Rachel Burton, MPP, and discussed a draft chapter from its upcoming March 2023 Report to the Congress that describes Medicare's overall financial situation. The comments made by...Read More »
An increase of $13,800 per employee in healthcare costs is expected in 2023, according to an analysis posted by Aon. This projection of a 6.5% increase is more than...Read More »
Alleged fraudulent billing schemes were charged against 36 defendants at an estimated $1.2 billion, according to Medscape Medical News. The fraud was tied to telemedicine, genetic and cardiovascular testing, and equipment,...Read More »
Between 2015 and 2016, Peoples Health Network received about $3.3 million in overpayments, according to a recent audit conducted by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). The OIG estimated this amount from the diagnosis codes...Read More »