Allegiant ExpertsJul 27, 20162 minHome Health Pre-claim review – August 1, 2016?Yes – with less than 5 days to go – there is still significant debate about the Medical pre-claim review demonstration for Home Health...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 26, 20165 minAlert: Proposed CMS rule for coordinated cardiac and hip fracture careCMS released yesterday that it plans to expand the CJR (Comprehensive Joint Replacement) bundled payment system to include not only...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 26, 20161 minThree new ARHQ Guideline Summaries postedAHRQ released three new guideline summaries this week. From the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – Medical Specialty Society,...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 25, 20163 minCMS Projections of National Health Expenditures Data ReleasedOffice of the Actuary in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released its annual projections of health care spending for...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 20, 20161 minAlert: CMS IRF and LTCH Quality Reporting Training in August!CMS posted that registration is open for in person provider training for both rehabilitation and long-term hospital providers. Inpatient...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 7, 20163 minWhy are dud artillery shells like fraudulent Medicare claims?The False Claims Act and qui tam law have a long and interesting history together. During the Civil War, massive civilian procurements by...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 6, 20161 minSupreme Court ruling on false certification and the False Claims ActI have been sitting on this ruling for a few weeks attempting to decide how I wanted to address the content within our blog. However, the...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 4, 20161 minHappy Fourth of July!Allegiant Experts wishes everyone one a happy and safe Independence Day! For some fun science based micro-fireworks check out the NIH...
Allegiant ExpertsJul 1, 20161 min2017 ICD-10-CM Update ReleasedYep, the updated ICD-10-CM and PCS code sets are posted! Fast Facts: 1,943 new codes, 351 revised codes, and 313 deleted codes. 2017 Code...
Allegiant ExpertsJun 30, 20162 minMove over CJR…Here comes OCM!!!CMS implemented the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) bundled reimbursement as of April 1st, 2016, and there are still more...
Allegiant ExpertsMay 27, 20161 minDr. Heimlich uses the Heimlich maneuver for the first time!Yep, as strange as it sounds, the 96-year-old surgeon who developed the life-saving technique known as the Heimlich Maneuver had never...
Allegiant ExpertsMay 26, 20161 minCMS releases new ICD-10 ResourcesThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released updates to the ICD-10 Provider Resources page. Please check out the...
Allegiant ExpertsMay 24, 20161 minNew bill would expand the scope of who can be excluded due to healthcare fraudUS House of representatives Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) and William Keating (D-Mass.) introduced a bill to amend title XI of the SSA to expand...
Allegiant ExpertsMay 12, 20161 minUpdates for the Diagnosis and Treatment of RMSF released!Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) updated the Practical Guide for Health Care and Public Health Professionals regarding the...
Allegiant ExpertsMay 12, 20161 minHappy Birthday Florence Nightingale!National Nurses week begans on May 6 and ends on May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nurses play a critical role in healthcare and...
Allegiant ExpertsMay 4, 20161 minMedicaid Managed Care Enrollment Report and Data ReleasedMedicaid Managed Care Enrollment Report and Data Released CMS released the 2014 Managed Care enrollment Data! According to Medicare the...
Allegiant ExpertsMay 4, 20162 minMedical Errors Still One of the Leading Causes of Death in the U.S.With Nursing Week upon us, it comes as a shock that while we continue to make a focused effort on safer nursing practices, medical errors...
Allegiant ExpertsApr 4, 20163 minThe Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model is here!Medicare has implemented the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model as of April 1st, 2016! Yep, as if the DRG system and...
Allegiant ExpertsMar 11, 20161 minUrgent Adobe Updates!Healthcare providers, payer and guardians of PHI can unknowingly make their data available to hackers and thieves by not keeping their...
Allegiant ExpertsMar 10, 20161 minIndiana Increasing the Cap on Medical Malpractice DamagesMedical malpractice damage caps are a relatively common practice, with approximately 70% of states having adopted some kind of law that...