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Mark your calendar if you're interested in entering a value-based care arrangement through the Medicare Shared Savings Program, the federal government's largest accountable care organization (ACO) network. The deadline to apply for 2024 is June 15.
 
 
Watch for updates on Medicare COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) waivers that were not extended by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.
 
You don’t have to implement new National Correct Coding Initiative edits this month. That means you have more time to focus on the ICD-10-CM update.
Your providers will find it easier to hit the required time for a prolonged inpatient or observation visit and you’ll find it easier to keep track of threshold times, thanks to a correction to the final 2023 Medicare physician fee schedule.
 
It’s not an early April Fool’s joke: CMS won’t issue National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits in April.
 

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