Providers receive reprieve on advanced Medicare loan repayments
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 09, 2020
Providers who participated in the Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program for COVID-19 emergency will now have another year to pay back the loan thanks to Congress.
Medicare drug pricing order could have ‘significant ramifications’ on LTC pharmacies in long run:...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 16, 2020
Long-term care pharmacies could soon be facing “significant ramifications in the long run” following an executive order signed by President Trump on Sunday. That directive states that the Medicare...
Nursing home background checks, foot care being scrutinized by OIG
By
Tim Mullaney
Nov 06, 2014
Government investigators are preparing reports on skilled nursing facilities’ Part B billing practices and background check processes, according to the recently released annual work plan from the...
Medicare Part B could have saved $110 million, OIG asserts
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 18, 2014
If the Medicare Part B program had used average Medicare Part D drug dispensing and fee rates, it would have saved the government $110 million in 2011, according to a report from the Department of Health...
Federal judge dismisses nursing home ‘kickback’ case; upholds large X-ray company’s...
By
Tim Mullaney
Sep 02, 2014
The way mobile x-ray company Mobilex bills nursing homes is acceptable, a federal judge recently determined. Mobilex is the nation’s largest provider of mobile diagnostic services. It had been facing...
What administrators need to know about therapy metrics
By
Stacy Darling, MBA, MPT, AT, RAC-CT
Aug 08, 2014
Administrators have multiple departments to oversee, so it is important that they have a method to determine if their therapy department is running efficiently, meeting its goals and adding to the strategic...
Darling becomes vice president at PAC
Jul 28, 2014
Stacy A. Darling, MBA, MPT, AT, RAC-CT, is the new vice president of operations in the long-term care consulting team at Post Acute Consulting, LLC.
CMS announces Medicare appeals without administrative law judge hearings
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 07, 2014
Long-term care providers will be able to appeal certain Medicare claims decisions without going through an administrative law judge hearing, the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) announced...
Are standardized assessment tools our future?
By
Shelly Mesure, MS, OTR/L
May 20, 2014
With therapy documentation being put under the microscope more than ever, you would be wise to make sure standardized assessment tools are at your fingertips. Unbiased views of data and outcomes information...
Providers rip huge backlog of therapy claims reviews
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 01, 2014
A provider-sponsored survey recently uncovered huge backlogs of therapy claim reviews for beneficiaries who exceeded the Medicare Part B caps limits.