2/28/2020 1:12:32 AM CDC Offers Guidance to Health Providers on ICD-10 Coding for Coronavirus/COVID-19 Encounters By Rebecca Dittrich Scot T. Hasselman The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released official diagnosis coding guidance for health care encounters and...
2/26/2020 9:44:43 PM Potential Tensions Lie Ahead Between Federal and State Authorities Over the Application of CDC Quarantine Powers By Scot T. Hasselman Jessica Christensen Rebecca Dittrich According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), although there have been imported cases of Covid-19 detected in...
2/25/2020 11:00:14 PM Medicare/Medicaid Policy Provisions in Trump Administration’s FY 2021 Budget Proposal By Debra McCurdy The Trump Administration’s proposed fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget calls for significant cuts to federal health spending, including a 10%...
2/17/2020 6:48:10 PM CMS Releases Proposed Medicare Advantage and Part D Rules for Contract Year 2021 and 2022 By Debra McCurdy CMS has put on display a proposed rule that would update Medicare Advantage (MA) and Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit policies...
2/17/2020 6:46:24 PM CMS Proposes Updates to ACA Exchange Plan Policies for 2021 By Debra McCurdy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed updates to its standards for health plan issuers offering plans through...
2/17/2020 6:41:50 PM HHS Adopts New Retail Pharmacy HIPAA Transaction Requirements for Schedule II Drug Prescriptions By Debra McCurdy The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has modified HIPAA retail pharmacy transaction requirements to differentiate between...
2/13/2020 7:50:03 PM CMS Updates List of DMEPOS Items Subject to Medicare Prior Authorization By Debra McCurdy CMS is adding six types of lower limb prosthetics to the list of equipment subject to Medicare prior authorization (PA) requirements, and...
2/13/2020 7:46:38 PM CMS Proposes 2021 Funding Methodology for ACA Basic Health Program By Debra McCurdy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the methodology and data sources it proposes to use to determine federal...
2/12/2020 10:40:46 PM Analysis: Navigating US federal and state rules during the novel coronavirus public health emergency By Scot T. Hasselman The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, also known as “SARS-CoV-2”) has been declared a public health emergency (PHE) by the U.S. Department of...
2/3/2020 1:30:58 PM Trump Administration Offers States New Medicaid “Healthy Adult Opportunity” Demonstration with Enhanced Benefit, Payment Flexibilities By James Segroves Debra McCurdy The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a controversial plan to allow states to apply to participate in a new...