On June 16, CMS announced 395 new diagnosis codes, 25 deletions, and 13 revisions for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 ICD-10-CM code set, which is finalized to take effect on October 1, 2023. CMS also updated the 2024 addendum, code...Read More »
A new report conducted by the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics has suggested that overpayments to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans could exceed $75 billion this year, ...Read More »
The “Saving Limbs, Saving Lives” (SL2) project, recently announced by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), aims to reduce the number of leg amputations in the United States through providing access to a number of digital health tools....Read More »
From 2012 to 2019, the mean operating profits for nonprofit hospitals grew from $43 million to 58.9 million, according to a new study published by Health Affairs. During this time, the mean cash reserve...Read More »
In 2019 and 2020, Medicare overpaid $22.5 million for physician services while beneficiaries were hospital inpatients or at skilled nursing facilities, an Officer of Inspector General (OIG) audit found. This was calculated by...Read More »
A new study conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that ketamine may be a clinically viable option for patients with severe depression, Medscape...Read More »
