Radiation oncology services billed to CMS had a 9.6% improper payment rate in 2015, leading to Medicare improperly pay $137 million for these services, according to a study reported in the January 2016 Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter,...Read More »
There’s only a few more days left to get the early bird discount for the ACDIS Conference. Reserve your seat by March 7 to take full advantage of the discount.Read More »
Accused of misreporting malnutrition in a January 2017 OIG audit, Vidant Medical Center, a 909 bed acute care teaching hospital, fought back with a collaborative rebuttal of the findings published alongside the original audit results.Read More »
CMS awarded roughly $100 million in aid to 11 small physician practice organizations to help meet Quality Payment Program (QPP) initiatives, according to a February 17 news...Read More »
Sepsis accounts for a higher rate of unplanned readmissions than acute myocardial infarction (AMI), heart failure, pneumonia, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a recent JAMA study...Read More »
The national health expenditure growth is expected to average 5.6% annually over 2016-2025, according to a report published by Health Affairs and authored by CMS’ Office of the Actuary,...Read More »
Three months from now the ACDIS team will head to our biggest event of the year—our national conference. And in case you haven’t heard it’s a milestone…our 10th. A big number and once again we are bringing the networking, the learning, and the fun.Read More »
