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CMS to Host Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will hold the next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum at 2:00 p.m. (ET) on December 2, 2009. To participate by telephone, one must dial 1-800-83...
CBO Releases Cost Estimate for Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a cost estimate for the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R.3961), which would repeal the now 21.2 percent Medicare payment rate reduction for physician services in 2010 and rest...
Region D Medicare Recovery Audit Contractor Adds New CMS Approved Audit Issue
HealthDataInsights, Inc. (HDI), the Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) for Region D, recently posted a new CMS approved audit issue for RAC review on its website. The new CMS approved audit issue is titled "Infusion Pump Denied/Accessories &a...
House Democrats Release Amendment to Affordable Health Care for America Act
On November 3, 2009, House Democrats released a 42 page manager's amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R.3962). The amendment can be found here.Subscribe to Medicare Update, follow me on Twitter @MedicareUpdate, and become a f...
Comment Period Extended for Rule Proposing New ESRD Prospective Payment System
On September 29, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a Proposed Rule that would implement a case-mix adjusted bundled prospective payment system for Medicare outpatient end stage renal disease (ESRD) dialysis faci...
CMS Releases Final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Changes for 2010
On October 30, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a display copy of the Final Rule (with comment period), which updates the payment policies and rates for the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for calendar year...


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