Blog: Medicare

The Medicare Strike Force on Thursday filed charges against 243 doctors, nurses, licensed medical professionals, health care company owners and others for allegedly submitted a total of $712 million in fraudulent billings, the result of a nationwide sweep that’s being called the largest healthcare fraud takedown history. The Medicare Fraud Strike Force targeted fraud in […]

Extending the ICD-10 transition another 12 months has been significant — estimated in the millions. It’s really hard to think of 2014 as anything but the year that Congress delayedICD-10 implementation. In March, they approved the “Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014.” It was a quick bill that: • Prevented a steep decrease in […]

A 2 percent sequestration cut in Medicare provider payments took effect this week as required by the Budget Control Act of 2011. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a message on March 8 regarding Medicare claims and the sequestration payment cuts. In this announcement, CMS instructs Medicare claims administration contractors to answer […]