The Medicare Part A inpatient hospital deductible will go up by $32 to $1,216 in calendar year 2014, CMS has announced. The daily coinsurance amounts for 2014 will be $304 for a beneficiary’s 61st ...

A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars — only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar” ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have finalized payment rates and policies for 2014. Included is a major proposal to support care outside routine office-based interactions. A press ...

A decade ago, federal officials drafted a plan to discourage Medicare Advantage health insurers from overcharging the government by billions of dollars—only to abruptly back off amid an “uproar” from ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2014 proposed rules for the hospital outpatient prospective system (OPPS), released earlier this week, offer payment increases and “packaging” of ...

Analysis of the CMS Final Rule should not be limited to the Medicare List of Approved ASC procedures and services for 2014 and each code’s potential reimbursement, but also CMS’ NCCI edit revisions in ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delayed the deadline for submitting hardship exceptions in the meaningful use electronic health records (EHR) incentive program to November 30, ...

CMS is extending the 2014 informal review period for individual eligible professionals and group practices participating in the Physician Quality Reporting System that think they have been incorrectly ...