Part B News | Editors' Blog

by: Josh Poltilove Mar 16, 2016

Did your practice participate in the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals’ settlement pilot project? If so, we’d love to hear the story of how your practice fared — regardless of whether it agreed to a settlement and got out of the massive backlog of appeals at the administrative law judge level.

Please contact editor Josh Poltilove at jpoltilove@decisionhealth.com or (301) 287-2593.

Court: Just because your SRA doesn't work doesn't mean you didn't do it

by: Roy Edroso Mar 15, 2016

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that just because you've had a breach notification (or two!) doesn't mean you didn't fulfill the security risk assessment (SRA) requirement of meaningful use, Politico reports.

Brace yourself for more than 2,500 ICD-10-CM code changes Oct. 1

by: Laura Evans, CPC Mar 11, 2016

The good news is that ICD-10 coding officials plan to release the lists of proposed new, revised and deleted codes as early as next week, as announced March 10 during a meeting at CMS headquarters in Baltimore. But the list of changes – racked up during the five-year code freeze – will be huge.

Proposed rule rolls out 6 potential Part B drug pay models

by: Julia Kyles, CPC Mar 8, 2016

By the end of the year, your practice or outpatient department could be taking part in a test of a new Part B drug payment model.

Expect MIPS reporting to begin in 2017, says Slavitt

by: Richard Scott Mar 7, 2016

Get ready to refocus your quality reporting. The merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS), a new, combined reporting program from CMS, will launch in calendar year 2017, confirmed CMS acting administrator Andy Slavitt during a March 7 webinar convened by the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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