All Medicare certified institutional providers are required file an annual cost report to their respective Medicare Administrative Contract (“MAC”). But what is a Medicare cost report and what is the … Continue Reading →
Learn how to use the new Medicare Cost Report e-Filing (MCReF) system. The session will offer a detailed overview as well as changes made based on user feedback, the Centers for Medicare … Continue Reading →
Don’t ignore it just because it’s in the hospital rule. Stay alert to a new cost reporting mandate included in the 2019 hospital inpatient payment rule, if you belong to … Continue Reading →
Shore up your cost reporting procedures ASAP. It remains unclear for now whether Medicare will take the route of major payment reform or not — and you can expect your … Continue Reading →
Are you in the nearly 40% of hospices not reporting volunteer services coordination? Medicare is getting serious about hospice cost reporting, and that focus is likely to translate into payment … Continue Reading →
Keep long-term impact of expanded Level 1 edits in mind, experts urge. Chances are you need to shore up your cost reporting practices to avoid failing newly announced Level … Continue Reading →
New Level 1 edits make these cost report lines mandatory. Without costs recorded on these lines in Worksheet A of the hospice cost report, Medicare won’t accept your report. Line … Continue Reading →
Note this big change to reporting drug costs. Newly released hospice cost report revisions may mean more work for you, but should result in more accurate data that will be … Continue Reading →
Some newly announced changes for home health agency cost reports may alter how you submit them. Transmittal 18, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last month, updates Chapter 32, Home … Continue Reading →
Survey fees among resource-draining proposals. While most observers agree the Trump administration’s budget proposal is DOA as an entire document, politicians looking for ways to raise funds for their initiatives are likely … Continue Reading →
