Some providers appear to be struggling with “how” and “whether or not” to bill for COVID-19 vaccine administrations. On March 15, 2021, CMS increased the per-injection reimbursement to $40. CMS has recognized that there is added cost to the administering provider because of the increased...Read More »
Six codes for telehealth services are newly eligible to reported with modifier -CS (cost-sharing), which requires Medicare to cover beneficiary cost-sharing during office visits and other encounters for the duration of the public health emergency.Read More »
A study published late last year by the Urban Institute forecasted that over 10 million families would lose their employer-sponsored health insurance during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As a result, healthcare organizations have observed a growing number of uninsured patients and a...Read More »
Most off-campus provider-based departments (PBD) that claimed the mid-build exception under the 21st Century Cures Act failed to meet the requirements and have likely received overpayments, according to CMS.Read More »
CMS recently released FAQs clarifying how it will collect data on market-based MS-DRG relative weights and changes to its methodology for calculating MS-DRG relative weights.Read More »
