With Nursing Homes Still Struggling to Rebuild After the COVID-19 Pandemic, is This Advisable?
When The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the PPS and Consolidated Billing Updates for Skilled Nursing...more
If you are a healthcare provider enrolled with Medicare and Medicaid, it is imperative that you know the governmental agencies’ expectations for compliant billing and understand that the agencies constantly monitor and audit...more
On June 8, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new nationwide audit of all skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and Hospital swing bed providers that submit claims for reimbursement to Medicare...more
On January 30, 2022, President Biden announced that the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) will finally end on May 11, 2023.[1] Since the PHE was declared on January 31, 2020, emergency declarations and waivers were...more
On November 23, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) passed a final rule that drastically changed the risk categories for certain providers when they...more
The Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (“SMRC”) is a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) contractor authorized to conduct nationwide medical reviews (Medicare Part A, Part B, and DME). As many in the...more