CMS is rescinding audit determinations for off-campus provider-based departments that claimed the mid-build exception under the 21st Century Cures Act,Read More »
CMS will begin reprocessing 2019 claims for some services rendered at excepted off-campus provider-based departments. The affected claims are for services represented by HCPCS code G0463 (hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient) with dates of service between...Read More »
Successfully responding to payer charge audits for services billed above room and bed rate can be a challenge. The Cleveland Clinic contracting, compliance, and revenue cycle departments worked together on a project to address this focus. Read More »
Speakers and registrants shared tips and insights into revenue integrity hot topics on day one of the 2021 Revenue Integrity Symposium, held virtually August 17–18.Read More »
CMS released the fiscal year (FY) 2022 IPPS final rule on Monday, August 2, which finalizes its efforts to cushion the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital revenue and resources. Along with payment rate updates, the final rule also repealed the MS-DRG relative weight methodology...Read More »
Less than a year after CMS finalized the three-year phaseout of the inpatient-only (IPO) list to be completed by 2024, the agency is looking to reverse course, according to the 2022 OPPS proposed rule, released Monday, July 19.Read More »