The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, an independent federal agency that advises Congress on Medicare, is considering a recommendation to establish national guidelines for hospital emergency ...

Responding to criticisms lodged against an otherwise popular program among seniors, Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced a bill to improve the way Medicare Advantage ...

Stephanie Wasek: From your perspective, what’s the immediate impact of the new Medicare payment system on ASCs? Caryl Serbin: For the most part, I think everybody is just really trying to get their ...

Medicare Advantage remains an attractive option for Medicare beneficiaries, and enrollment has increased substantially, by 66 percent in the past six years. Also increasing, it seems, is coding ...

Each year the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publishes Part B Medicare Annual Data (BMAD), reporting the usage of CPT codes and Medicare allowed amounts for the prior year. The ...

Conclusions: Our findings suggest that Medicare inpatient encounters are associated with higher coding intensity than ...