Medicare covers behavioral, mental and psychiatric health services that may improve outcomes for Medicare patients. For more information, please view this article and share these valuable resources and references with your patients.
This edition includes information on men’s health, preventing claim denials for hospital beds and accessories, the clinical laboratory fee schedule annual public meeting, and more.
Medicare pays for cardiac rehabilitation (CR), intensive cardiac rehabilitation (ICR), and pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programs if specific criteria are met. This criterion includes coverage provisions for CR, ICR, and PR items and servic…
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and other federal agencies have emphasized the importance of voluntarily developed and implemented compliance plans. The OIG has supplied guidance as to the elements of a model compliance plan.
Some clinical laboratories in our jurisdiction are charging patients prior to performing services, a potential assignment violation. This article outlines Medicare regulations and potential penalties applicable to laboratories.
If you’re a new or seasoned provider billing dental services to fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare, or original Medicare, this article guides you through recently clarified payment provisions for dental services in 2023, the provider enrollment…
This checklist is being provided as a tool to assist providers when responding to medical record documentation requests for cardiac rehabilitation services.