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Newer posts →New GAO Study Finds Opportunities To Improve CMS Use Of Medicare Pre-Pay Edits
December 17, 2012Use of prepayment edits saved Medicare at least $1.76 billion in fiscal year 2010, but a new study by the Government Accountability Office found that savings could have been greater had the edits been more widely used. According to GAO, … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged CMS, Environmental Intelligence, Healthcare, HHS, Medicare | Leave a commentCMS Counting On Technology To Revamp Medicaid
August 3, 2012The Medicaid expansion was supposed to be the least controversial part of the health reform lawsuit. But since the Supreme Court essentially made broadening its eligibility voluntary for states, not a day goes by without news reports guessing how Medicaid … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Health IT Services | Leave a commentCMS Issues Proposed Rule On Policy And Payment Changes For Outpatient Care
July 17, 2012On Friday, July 6,2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule that would update many payment policies and rates involving services for Medicare beneficiaries in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) beginning … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Healthcare, Medicare | Leave a commentCMS Administrator Credits Health Reform For Advancing ACOs
June 11, 2012If it weren’t for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the government would not have had the framework and authority to help support the movement toward accountable care organizations, said Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & MedicaidServices … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged ACO, CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT, Health IT Policy, Healthcare | Leave a commentCMS Rule Targets Medicare Fraud As GAO Says More Could Be Done
May 4, 2012Even as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a final rule Tuesday, April 24th aimed at preventing Medicare fraud and saving taxpayers nearly $1.6 billion over 10 years, the GAO came out with a report urging CMS … Continue reading
Posted in CMS | Tagged CMS, CMS Policy, Environmental Intelligence, Health IT Services | Leave a commentCMS Launches (esMD) Pilot
October 6, 2011CMS intends to give providers a new mechanism for submitting medical documentation. CMS calls this new mechanism the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) pilot. During Phase 1 of esMD, Providers will still receive medical documentation requests via paper mail … Continue reading
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