The Biden administration announced its intention to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) until May 11 and end it on that date. Read More »
A federal judge remanded remedy decisions to HHS for its underpayments related to the 340B drug pricing program. After experiencing several key wins throughout their long legal battle with HHS, the American Hospital Association and other industry plaintiffs were disappointed by the ruling.Read More »
More payers and providers are using the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process than the government anticipated to settle payment for items and services covered by the No Surprises Act.Read More »
NAHRI has extended the deadline to submit application to speak at the 2023 Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS), to be held September 18‒19 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The deadline to submit applications is Sunday, January 29.Read More »
The American Medical Association (AMA) released four new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) codes for bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for young children.Read More »
Q: If an anesthesiologist performs a presurgical or postsurgical block for pain control and it is performed in a holding area rather than in the operating room (OR), can we bill a separate facility (technical) fee for that? Or would this be bundled with OR services?Read More »
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently released its annual report on solutions to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in HHS programs. In the OIG’s 2022 report, 16 of the top 25 unimplemented recommendations involve CMS, with three relating to Medicare Parts A and B.Read More »
