With the help of our hospital quality improvement (QI) committees, we can take action to restore the integrity of the discharge summary. Consider the following:
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released a series of videos to educate hospitals, clinicians, and trustees on the new system outlined in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA).Read More »
In the largest settlement with a skilled nursing facility chain in Department of Justice history, federal prosecutors say Life Care Centers of America billed Medicare and TRICARE for unnecessary rehab therapy.Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) asked a federal judge to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement three “practicable solutions” to the Medicare claims appeals backlog, according to a motion filed on October 14.Read More »
On October 14, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized its policy implementing the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and the Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM) incentive payment provisions in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA),...Read More »
The new retrospective mandatory episode payment model for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) included in the August 2 issue of the Federal Register, includes measures for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) admissions for 98 yet-to-be-named geographic areas beginning in July 2017.Read More »
Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks leading up to the conference, we’ll take some time to introduce members to a few of this year’s speakers. ...Read More »
