Medicare RACs at a crossroads
CMS wants to focus on improper payment prevention, but will providers see fewer burdens? With Medicare’s “two midnight rule” set to take effect later this year and audit appeals facing …
CMS proposes waiting longer to pay Medicare Auditors
Medicare officials want to make it harder for their recovery-audit companies to collect fees for auditing hospital and doctor bills. Earlier this week, the Government Accountability Office gave the CMS …
Call to action! Join the fight to add DME to the SGR fixes.
Please click on this link, www.vgmdclink.com, to send a message to your members of Congress. Complete both Actions 1 and 2 to send one to your senators and another to …
HME News: All-States blames audits, cuts for layoffs
All-States Medical Supply has laid off eight employees due to soaring audit rates and recent cuts in Medicare reimbursement, according to a release. When All-States won a contract as part …
HME News: Audits: ‘We are in crisis,’ stakeholders say
HME stakeholders made their case against an audit program run amok at a forum last week. “We need to have a resolution on how to help my providers today because …
HME News: Audits take their toll on finances, according to poll
If you use accounts receivable (A/R) to paint a picture of the financial health of HME providers, what you see doesn’t look very good, according to the results of the …
Agency Announces Medicare appeals at ALJ on two year backlog
Medicare appeals at the administrative law judge level will be suspended for two years due to backlog, agency announces Long-term care providers filing to have a Medicare claims appeal heard …
New RAC Audits Posted
New RAC Audits Posted Region A Performant Recovery, the recovery audit contractor (RAC), posted a complex review for automatic external defibrillators on December 26 that will specifically look at claims …