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Rescinded: Changes to the Part B drug payment model

by: Richard Scott Oct 4, 2017

If lately you've been wondering what's been made of a proposed rule that was supposed to change Part B drug payments in the fall of 2016, don't fret about your cognitive state. You didn't suffer a bout of amnesia; the proposal died quietly at some point during the rule-making process and CMS officially cleared it from the books Oct. 3.

A repeal-and-replace revival? Maybe in 2019, expert says

by: Roy Edroso Oct 3, 2017

The death of the Graham-Cassidy bill seems to stop the clock on ACA repeal. But our experts think it may start up again -- though you'll probably have to wait over a year for it.

Time for him to fly: HHS Secretary Tom Price tenders his resignation

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Oct 2, 2017

HHS Secretary Tom Price has been dogged by the controversy over the use -- and the cost -- of at least 24 chartered flights since he became secretary. To make amends he offered to pay for the cost of his seat on these flights: approximately $52,000.

Check your LCDs, medical policies for updates to ICD-1 before Oct. 1

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Sep 25, 2017

October is right around the corner. In addition to cooler nights and pumpkins that means it will be time to use the latest ICD-10-CM codes.

MACs to replace MR with TPE

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Sep 20, 2017

CMS is taking the training wheels off the targeted probe and educate (TPE) progam pilot that it rolled out in May and expanded in June. Effective Oct. 1, your Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) will begin to phase out most forms of medical review and replace them with TPE.

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