A bill to provide an extension of the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program was introduced on April 30. The legislation would grant a five-year extension to...Read More »
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations because some diagnoses are at a higher risk for being miscoded, which may result in overpayments from CMS. The audit is part of a larger series of audits in which we are reviewing the accuracy of...Read More »
Vaccine coverage by age two remained largely stable between kids born in 2021–2022 and 2019–2020, though decreases were observed for five vaccines and in certain demographic groups during more recent years, a recent Centers for...Read More »
A new CMS rule will phase out fax machines and snail mail, replacing them with electronic transactions. This phase-out seeks to prioritize healthcare provider’...Read More »
Amid patient volume increases, wage pressure, and increased drug spending, hospitals’ total spending rose by 7.5% last year according to data shared in the American Hospital Association’s (AHA)...Read More »
