Issues with Hospital Overall Star Ratings Preview Reports
Inpatient and outpatient prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities and PPS-exempt cancer hospitals can preview their data for the January 2020 update...
CMS Issues CY 2020 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its final rule updating the Medicare physician fee schedule (PFS), quality payment program, and...
CY2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) last week issued the first​ of two separate regulations finalizing provisions for the calendar year (CY)...
Home Health Final Rule is Available for Inspection
On October 31st, CMS Finalized Calendar Year 2020 Payment and Policy Changes for Home Health Agencies and Calendar Year 2021 Home Infusion Therapy Benefit. The...
Judge Closes Case on Site-neutral Medicare Payment
U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer ordered the Trump administration Oct. 21 to reverse Medicare payment cuts that were implemented Jan. 1, 2019, for...
Nov 21: National Rural Health Day
National Rural Health Day (NHRD) 2019 will be celebrated Nov. 21. Established by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health, NHRD provides opportunities to...
Provider Claims Must Include Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers by Jan. 1
SDAHO reminds members that beginning Jan. 1, 2020, all provider claims must be submitted with Medicare beneficiary identifiers (MBIs) regardless of the date the service was performed....
Deadline for DDE renewal – Extended to November 15th
Each year Medicare providers are required to recertify their Fiscal Intermediary Standard System (FISS) Direct Data Entry (DDE) user access. CGS J15 planned to...
Reminder to Home Health Agencies to Create a QIES Account
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is reminding home health agencies to create an account and establish credentials for the new Quality...
Free PEPPER Comparative Billing Report
The RELI Group, along with its partners TMF Health Quality Institute and CGS, is contracted with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
