October 23, 2020

Lawmakers Introduce New Bill Paving the Way for Home Health Telehealth Reimbursement

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Home health providers are one step closer to getting the No. 1 thing they’ve been asking for since the COVID-19…

October 8, 2020

CMS Announces New Repayment Terms for Medicare Loans made to Providers during COVID-19

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced amended terms for payments issued under the Accelerated and Advance Payment…

September 17, 2020

PMB listed as one of the healthcare revenue cycle companies to know in 2020 from Becker’s Hospital Review

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Published: September 2020 Healthcare revenue cycle companies to know | 2020 List Hospitals, health systems, physician practices and healthcare organizations…

April 1, 2020

Major Changes Are Coming to E/M Visits in 2021: Will You Be Ready?

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The documentation guidelines set forth by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for evaluation and management (E/M) services,…

November 14, 2019

Action needed: Register for an iQIES Account

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The Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES), which providers and vendors use to submit assessment data, is being upgraded to…

November 1, 2019

Congress Debates Bill to Automate Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage Plans

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Recently the House of Representatives’ Small Business Committee convened for a hearing on utilization management and barriers to care in…

November 1, 2019

Physician Stark Law Rules Revamped: New Rules Address Care Coordination

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This is the first major update to rules for the Stark law since 1989, according to HHS. An HHS press…

October 31, 2019

3 Benefits of Value-Based Care

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The U.S. healthcare industry is moving toward value-based care, encouraged by reimbursement initiatives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…

October 30, 2019

CMS Delays Collapsing of E/M Payment Rates Until 2021

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Implementation of a single E/M payment rate for office visit Levels 2 through 4 won’t go into effect until 2021,…

October 30, 2019

Increased Enforcement Against Home Health Agencies

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With the recent rise in medical services provided outside of a doctor’s office, there has been a surge of FCA…

October 28, 2019

American medical students less likely to choose to become primary care doctors

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Despite hospital systems and health officials calling out the need for more primary care doctors, graduates of U.S. medical schools…

October 22, 2019

Medicare decides a cost-saving strategy costs too much

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After pushing more medical care out of hospitals and into patients’ homes, the federal government wants to pay less for…