Mazzola discusses the importance of physicians understanding both Medicare and Medicaid services. Most neurosurgeons surveyed a few years after completing their residency training felt that they were not well trained in managing the socioeconomic challenges related to the actual practice of neurological ...
patients, and others who pretend to be one of these parties. Medicare or Medicaid fraud can include billing for services that weren't provided, performing unnecessary tests, and receiving benefits when you're not eligible. Combined, Medicare and Medicare fraud cost taxpayers more than $146.5 ...
Funding is available to support health care providers through technical assistance and loan programs to assist in financing HIT acquisitions. Additionally, providers can receive Medicare or Medicaid incentives if they meet the "meaningful use" criteria that will be determined this year. The LHCQF is...
CURRENTLY, TWO CODES FOR DEPO-PROVERA, J9162 AND J1055, ARE IN PAYMENT STATUS ON OUR FILE. EFFECTIVE WITH DATE OF SERVICE JANUARY 1, 2000, CPT CODE J9162 WILL BE PLACED IN NON-PAY STATUS, AS IT NO LONGER APPEARS ON THE MEDICARE DRUG INJECTION LIST. CODE WILL REMAIN PAYABLE FOR DEPO...
In a statement to the Tribune, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services made clear that as long as states work within “broad federal parameters,” they have autonomy to make decisions about their programs. School district officials say Texas has resorted to overcorrecting problems identified ...
Bigby JA, Anthony J, Hsu R, Fiorentini C, Rosenbach M;Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Recommendations for maternal health and infant health quality improvement in Medicaid and the children’s health insurance program. Accessed June 20, 2023. https://www.medicaid.gov...
Policies to Address Surprise Billing Can Affect Health Insurance Premiums Comparing Patient OOP Spending for Specialty Drugs in Medicare Part D and Employer-Sponsored Insurance Rebuilding the Ties of Public Health: A Q&A With Georges C. Benjamin, MD Effect of a Patient Activation Intervention on H...
I conclude that efforts to expand primary care capacity should focus on provider recruitment to underserved communities, rather than simply training more providers. Second, I examine whether it is possible to obtain an unbiased estimate of health care use conditional on Medicaid take-up, from non-...
Notes:CHIP = State Children's Health Insurance Program; CMS = Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; DSH = Disproportionate share hospital; GAO = Government Accountability Office; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; IHS= Indian Health Service; MIECHV = Maternal, Infant, and Early ...
of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-360) amendedMedicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act) at Section 1903 as follows: c) Nothing in this title shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting, orauthorizing the Secretary to prohibit or restrict, payment under ...