This July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the home health prospective payment system (HHPPS) for the calendar year 2016, which will have a significant impact on home health care billing and for medical billing companies that...
In a surprise concession, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced several changes to the plan for ICD-10 implementation in the United States. The new changes can be viewed as a joint initiative between the CMS and the American Medical...
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) recently announced the release of the proposed rules for “Stage 3 of the...
According to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), A Medicare overpayment is defined as a payment received that is in excess of the amount actually payable under Medicare regulations. When Medicare identifies an overpayment, the amount that is overpaid...
With the advancements in post-operative care management, there is a significant rise in the number of hospital discharges to home healthcare for patients with infected wounds after surgery. Home care facilities provide cost-effective as well as efficient services to...