CMS Updates Hospital Interpretive Guidelines Appendix A.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its State Operations Manual (SOM) Hospital Interpretive Guidelines to reflect recent…
OIG’s Latest LEIE Updates – September 2014.
On September 9, 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General updated the List of Excluded…
CMS Releases IPPS and LTCH PPS Final Rule.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) and the Long-Term Care Hospital…
CMS Reopens Open Payments System.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the Open Payments System is reopen for physicians and…
HHS Issues Final Rule Regarding ICD-10 Compliance Date.
The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a final rule, which confirmed October 1, 2015 as the compliance…
OIG’s Latest LEIE Updates – August 2014.
On August 7, 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General updated the List of Excluded…
CMS Releases Hospital OPPS and ASC Proposed Rule for CY 2015.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule for Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory…
U.S. Senate Committee on Aging Reports on Improving Medicare Audits.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Aging recently issued a report, which examined plans by the Department of Health and Human…
CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Update the PFS.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a proposed rule to update the payment policies and payment…
OIG’s Latest LEIE Updates – July 2014.
On July 10, 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General updated the List of Excluded…
State Background Check Requirements for Home Health Agencies.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) surveyed state officials, including the District of Columbia, to identify state requirements for home…
OCR Reports on Breaches of Unsecure PHI and HIPAA Compliance.
The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued two annual reports to Congress in accordance…