Clinical Resources Articles
These sleep medicine articles include updates about coding and reimbursement, new practice guidelines, and telemedicine. To view our case study of the month, visit the AASM sleep medicine case studies page.
At the February 2016 meeting of the American Medical Association’s Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Panel, two telemedicine-related proposals were approved for the CPT codebook.
On March 3 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it had met its goal ahead of schedule to tie 30 percent of Medicare payments to alternative payment models, which seek to link payment to quality, rather than quantity of services.
On Feb. 26, 2016 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it has extended the deadline for provider application for hardship exemption from the EHR Meaningful Use program. The new exemption deadline is set for July 1, 2016.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the attestation deadline for Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs to Friday, March 11, 2016.
On Feb. 16, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and American’s Health Insurance Plans announced a core set of quality measures to address concerns about the burdensome nature of the quality measures required under Medicare and private payers.
CECity is extending the deadline for Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) data submission to March 18, 2016, at 5 p.m. EDT.
With growing demand for convenient and high quality physician care, CMS recently issued a final rule that eases restrictions on telemedicine services for Medicaid patients.
On Jan 19, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a blog post outlining plans for the future of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive program.
On Dec. 29, 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule establishing a prior authorization program for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) items that are frequently subject to unnecessary utilization. The rule identifies continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices as one of the items “potentially subject to prior authorization.”
Recently the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the fee schedule for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS). suppliers previously unaffected by competitive bidding will see a significant cut to payment for certain equipment, including CPAP.