As of July, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making things easier for medical coders, billers, and implanted pacemaker and defibrillator patients to receive a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Clarifying Pacemaker Language CMS said in a Decision Memo dated April 10 it intends to change the language of section 220.2 of […]
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Feds: Idaho Was Overpaid for Kids’ Insurance
Medical coders and billers aren’t the only ones getting over-payment letters from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) these days. The State of Idaho is in hot water, accused of receiving $ 3.1 million too much between 2010 and 2013. OIG Audits Idaho According to an audit by the […]
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Feds Appoint Telehealth Centers as Telemedicine Grows
Medical centers in Mississippi and South Carolina have been named Telehealth Centers of Excellence by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), making them Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) primary research facilities for telemedicine. Each organization receives $ 600,000 in initial grants with the opportunity to receive $ 2 million in funding for two years. […]
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