Because coroners and medical examiners did not specify the drugs contributing to death, potentially 70,000 opioid-related overdose deaths from 1999-2015 were excluded from national figures.Read More »
CMS had a 71.3% improper payment rate for surgical dressings in 2017, accounting for 0.3% or $126 million of the overall Medicare FFS improper payment rate that year, according a CERT report in...Read More »
Last week, CMS proposed major changes to the FY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program, some of which could change the E/M documentation requirements.Read More »
CMS announced on Saturday that all payments to insurers under the risk-adjustment program, including payments for the 2017 benefit year, will be suspended pending the...Read More »
