Check your scores soon as they will impact your 2025 Medicare payment! Should an error be found, the deadline to request a review is Oct. 11 at 8 pm ET. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) also reminds MIPS participants that there is no exceptional...
UnitedHealthcare plans to launch a program in October geared toward streamlining prior authorization for qualifying providers. The company’s “gold card” program will be offered across its commercial, individual exchange, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid...
Due to the impact of Hurricane Beryl on Texas physician practices, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has automatically applied a hardship exemption within the 2024 Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) performance period to eligible...
Check out this article, “I’m Getting Audited – Now What?” by attorney Stephen Bittinger, a partner and a member of the Health Care/FDA practice group, on Medicare audits. As a result of the dramatic increase in the use of Cellular Tissue...
Starting Sept. 1, Aetna will pay 75% of the contracted rate for surgical procedures performed in urgent care facilities or independent clinics with or without modifier 54, used to indicate surgical care, according to a recent health plan update. Aetna says the change...
