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Compliance Risks Associated with Outlier Payments 

YouCompli

This is why Medicare publishes its rules on their Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) or its Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). However, there are certain circumstances when Medicare, for example, will reimburse additional amounts beyond the prospective payment rate.

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Enhancing Payment Integrity in Healthcare through Pre-Payment Reviews

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Tom Magnotta, COO & President at Apixio Albert Einstein famously said , “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” This reactive model leads to only ~70% of identified overpayments being recovered and/or corrected.

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Home Health PPS Proposed Rule for CY2023: More Bad News for the Home Health Industry

Hall Render

On Friday, June 17, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2023 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update (“PPS Rule”). CMS states a temporary adjustment is necessary to offset this overpayment. That file may be accessed here.