To make sure your strategic decisions around medical billing and coding services are always up to date, we keep our eye on changes across the industry.
TPE Is Back? An Update for Home Health Billing
For a while now, there have been rumors that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) would be resuming it’s Targeted Probe and Educate Program (TPE)
AMA Releases 2022 CPT Code Set
The American Medical Association (AMA) released updates to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set for 2022. The new code set aims to streamline reporting and tracking of COVID-19 reporting, among other updates.
Hospice Payment Rate Update Final Rule For Fiscal Year 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare hospice payments and the aggregate cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2022, in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. This rule rebases the hospice labor shares; clarifies certain aspects of the hospice election statement addendum requirements; finalizes changes to the Hospice Conditions of Participation (CoPs) and Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP); and finalizes a Home Health Quality Reporting Program (HH QRP) policy that becomes effective on October 1, 2021, to prepare for public reporting beginning in January 2022.
Is COVID-19 a Reason to Outsource Medical Billing?
COVID-19 “changed everything”, and that should probably include your stance on whether you should outsource medical billing.
