Hospitals are facing shortages of IV fluids following Hurricane Helene’s damage to Baxter International’s North Cove manufacturing site in Marion, N.C. The facility supplies an estimated 60% of IV solutions in North America. The Department of Health and Human...
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...
