by admin | Sep 5, 2013 | Clinical Trial Billing, Medicare
Questions and Answers Explaining Medicare & Clinical Research Studies Will I have to pay for any part of the study? Medicare pays for: routine costs of items and services in covered research studies. Examples of these items and services include: • Room and board...
by admin | Apr 19, 2013 | Medicare
Hospital Value-Based Purchasing The Fiscal Year 2013 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (Hospital VBP) Program adjusts hospitals’ payments based on their performance on two domains that reflect hospital quality: the Clinical Process of Care Domain and the Patient...
by admin | Dec 26, 2012 | Health Care Finance, Health Care News, Hospital Revenue Cycle, Medicare
Hospitals have on average a 2% margin. One of the automatic cuts in the budget of the “fiscal cliff” are a 2% cut in medicare reimbursements. Those hospitals receiving a substantial portion of their payments from medicare need to take action quickly. You...
by admin | Dec 12, 2012 | Billing Terms, Medicare Terms
What Does Accept Assignment Mean? What does it mean to accept assignment on the CMS 1500 claim form – also called the HCFA 1500 claim form.? Should I accept assignment or not? What are the guidelines for accepting assignment in box 27 of the 1500 claim? These...
by admin | Dec 10, 2012 | Learning, Medicare
Center for Medicare Advocacy Articles and information on Medicare coverage Share...
by admin | Dec 10, 2012 | Learning, Medicare
The painful new trend in Medicare Interesting article about IP vs OBS status of patients and how medicare coverage pays for each. Medicare pays hospitals far less for observation than for inpatient stays. As Medicare seeks to cut costs, a growing army of auditors use...
