Health Insurance Premiums
An issue which confronts providers, employers and beneficiaries alike, and was a major driver in the federal health care legislation, is the affordability of small business and individual health care policies. It is clear that a family making $50,000 to $75,000 a year finds it difficult, and in some instances impossible, to afford family coverage […]
Medicare Trust Fund Solvent thru 2029 — Maybe
The Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Funds reported that the Medicare Hospital Trust Fund’s solvency has now been extended from 2017 to 2029. On the surface, this is good news for everyone. Medicare, as we are all aware, is the major payor […]
Medicare/Medicaid Primary Care Payment Increase
While some physicians have expressed concern regarding the negative effect that health care reform will have on their level of reimbursement, others will soon see an increase in reimbursement from the Medicare program if they fit within the definition of a “primary care practitioner.” Effective January 1, 2011, payments to primary care practitioners will be […]
PPACA Changes to Fraud and Abuse Laws
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) contains a number of changes that impact the fraud and abuse provisions under the federal Medicare and Medicaid laws. PPACA also provides additional funding to boost enforcement activity by the government, and contains a number of provisions broadening the government’s authority relating to fraud and abuse in […]
Healthcare Reform Brings New IRS Requirements for Tax-Exempt Hospitals
If your tax-exempt hospital has not yet formed a task force or committee to work on implementing the additional IRS requirements contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “PPAC’), now would be a good time to do so. The law imposes four additional requirements upon tax-exempt hospitals. Hospitals that fail to meet […]
Physician Payment Rates
Congress has restored the 21% pay cut in Medicare physician payment rates that recently occurred, but only on a temporary basis. Completi calcio e maglie calcio ufficiali club e nazionali Earlier this year, the Medicare program initially withheld payments to physicians for services provided, then halted payments temporarily to all physicians, when Congress failed to […]
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