The benefits of interim practice management are many. Hiring the wrong person into a senior leadership position is one of the most damaging and costly mistakes an organization can make. Due to the nature of medical practices, doctors and their staff cannot fully commit to run the practice at an optimum level of performance with … Read more

In the latest Provider Newsletter, UnitedHealthcare (UHC) revealed their revised telehealth reimbursement policies for 2021. Among the revisions, UHC is changing the Place of Service (POS) for telehealth services. During the COVID-19 PHE, UHC requested that POS for telehealth services be submitted as POS 11 (as if the service was performed in the office), along … Read more

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule for the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) in August of 2021. While we are still waiting with bated breath for the release of the final rule, which will hopefully be released the first week of December, it is anticipated there will be … Read more

A sigh of relief can be heard amongst the medical community last week.  Lawmakers granted an extension for providers who had their Medicare payments advanced during the early stages of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The bill gives part B providers 1 year (originally 120 days) before CMS begins to recoup payments made under the … Read more

Backround The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) Accelerated Medicare Payment program provided advance payments to a significant number of hospitals and providers to minimize the affect of revenue shortfalls brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after announcing the “Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program”, CMS stopped accepting applications from Part B providers on … Read more