A trial court judge ruled on November 1 that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must eliminate the Medicare appeals backlog by 2022. At the time of the ruling,...Read More »
Confusion and a lack of guidance about Medicare knee replacement rules has caused many hospitals to treat all Medicare beneficiaries undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) as outpatients, according to a survey by the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons...Read More »
A new study suggests that physician burnout is associated with a higher risk of patient safety incidents, poor care, and lower patient satisfaction.Read More »
CMS hit the brakes on making imminent changes to the oft-used evaluation and management (E/M) code set that’s tied to billions of dollars in medical practice revenue.Read More »
A preliminary study published in the JAMA found that a new point-of-care troponin assay can safely rule out AMI in 15 minutes in a large proportion of patients with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary...Read More »
Auditors could be able to extrapolate findings to larger pools of claims, according to a CMS proposed rule. An auditor could pull 30 claims, find a total overpayment of $1,000, which would mean an average...Read More »
