Insurance/Payors
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Medicare Reimbursement for Arthroscopy Procedures Down Almost a Third Since 2000
New study analyzes reimbursement trends for minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery, one of the fastest-growing areas of orthopedics “A…
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Physical Therapists Excited By Changes to Medicare Payment Calculations
Proposed 9 percent reduction will ultimately be closer to 3 percent For most of 2020, APTA worked against…
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Update on CPT Code 99072
As many clinicians are now aware, The American Medical Association (AMA) published a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code on September 8, 2020 that accounts for…
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CMS Will Accept Previously Banned Codes
Restoration of banned codes considered a victory for practitioners (Editor’s Note: The following is an APTA summary of…
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HHS Changes Amounts of Money Providers Can Keep
New HHS rule changes remove restrictions HHS has announced changes to its rules around how providers who received…
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The Fight To Stop The Cuts To Therapy Continues
Medicare has closed its window for accepting comments on the upcoming cuts to therapy reimbursements, but the fight…
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Study: Rates of Uninsured Children Hits New High
A Nationwide estimate states that the rate of uninsured children could be as high as 6% A new…
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Fight The Cut Rally Occurs in Response to Proposed Medicare Cuts
Estimates say 47,000 professionals communicate directly with lawmakers Capitol Hill lawmakers received a direct response to a proposed…
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eHealth Report: Medicare Enrollees Can Save Almost $800 with Proper Plan
Findings based on over 110,000 cases A new report from eHealth, Inc. (eHealth.com) finds that average Medicare beneficiaries…
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Compliance Alert – New ABN form for Medicare
An Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage, or ABN, is a liability waiver form that is given when a…
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New Medicaid Payment Model Leads to Fewer Services
Difference shown in decreased need for imaging with new Medicaid payment model New research reveals a Medicaid payment…
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Cigna and Priority Health to Form Strategic Alliance
Duo will join forces starting in 2021 to create a “strategic alliance” Priority Health and Cigna today announced…