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Parrish Action Letter
September 2004
Articles included: Important Information from CMS Meeting; Sorting Out Incident-to Rules for Midlevel Practitioners; Geography of Core-Based Statistical Areas; Cost Report Cost Allocation: Square Footage Statistic; Medicare Outpatient PPS-Proposed Rule for 2005; Federal Funding of Emergency Health Services Provided to Undocumented Aliens; Recommendations for Critical Access Hospitals; Urban or Rural?; Beginner's Coding Class
June 2004
Articles included: Helping Auditors Find Fraud at Your Facility; Mark Your Calendar Now for Reimbursement Seminar; Introducing Jo Ann Kunde; Medicaid Update: PPS Rates, HPSA and MUA Designations, and the QAPI Program; Occupational Mix Survey; Discounted Charges for the Uninsured and Underinsured; Reporting the Hospital Quality Data
February 2004
Articles included: Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; 2004 Physician Fee Schedule; Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Updates; Hospital Responsibilities Regarding Treatment of Emergencies; FCC Broadens the Benefits of Telemedicine Program; OIG Proposed Rule on Excessive Charges; Rural Health Clinic Update; One-Time Appeal Process for Hospital Wage Index Classification; Proposed PPS for Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities
October 2003
Articles included: PMF Presents "Medicare Cost Report 101"; PMF Comments to CMS to Save Outpatient Reimbursement; CMS Requires Intermediaries to Correct PS&R Reports; CMS Releases Final Rule for 2004 Inpatient PPS; GASB 34: New Reporting for Government Hospitals; Final Rules on Certain Electronic Cost Report Submissions; Texas Administrative Code Charges to Medicaid Provisions during Summer 2003; Compliance Procedures for Cost Reports; Update: Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003; Compliance with HIPAA Transactions, Code Sets; PMF Compliance Hotline; Six-month Extension of Standardized Hospital Payment Rates; Critical Access Corner
July 2003
Articles included: Enforcement Rule Issued for HIPAA Regulations; MedPac Recommendations for Rural Hospitals; Security Standards: Final Rule; Healthcare Reimbursement Seminar Agenda; CMS Issues Proposed Regulations; Email Updates; Medicaid Dispro Share Final for 2003; Rural Outpatient PPS; Medicare Tentative Issues; Critical Access Hospitals
February 2003
Articles included: HIPAA Privacy Rule; CMS Issues Final Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Regulation; HIPAA News; Final Rule Physician Fee Schedule; J-1 Visa Waivers; Proposed Medicare Appeals Regulations; 2003 Updates; New Law Provides New Grant Opportunities; Rural Health Facility Capital Improvement Loans
October 2001
Articles included: PMF Welcomes David Korn; Medicare Disproportionate Share Issues; Payments for New Medical Services and New Technologies; Prompt Pay Compliance; CMS Issues Extended Due Dates for Cost Reports
September 2001
Articles included: Texas Nursing Facility Medicaid Rate Sets Effective 9/1/01; Enhanced Direct Care Staff Rate Enrollment; Automated Texas Medicaid Nursing Facility Cost Reports; Mandatory Cost Report Training; Mary Denison Joins Firm
June 2001
Articles included: Mary Denison Joins Firm; Attendant Compensation Rate Enhancement for Community Programs; Delay in Implementation of New Nursing Facility Enhanced Direct Care Staff Rates
January 2001
Articles included: Highlights of H.R. 5661; Internet Connection for Health Institutions Funding Opportunity; HIPAA Update; Estimated Financial Impact on Rural Hospitals of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000; Concerns About the New APC Reimbursement System; Provider-Based Criteria Update; Observation Services Need to be Reviewed; Delay in Implementation of Ambulance Fee Schedule
August 2000
Articles included: PMF Works with Hospitals to Make "Essential Service Hospital" Plan; Home Health Prospective Payment System; Rural Health Outreach and Network Grant Programs; Special Exception Payment for Capital-Related Costs; SNF PPS Rates Increase; Contingency Plan for Outpatient Prospective Payment System; Confusion Over Consultants
May 2000
Articles included: HCFA Final Rule Released for Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services; Welcome Louise Grose, RN, PhD
February 2000
Articles included: Rural Provider Provisions in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999; Tobacco Settlement Distribution; Medicare Reassignment--Considerations When Structuring Employment Agreements; Changes in SNF PPS Reimbursement; The Home Health Prospective Payment System; Clinton Issues Measures to Reduce Medical Errors; Texas Health Services Corps Program; Texas Rural Physician Assistant Loan Reimbursement Program
August 1999
Articles included: Margins are Down and Reimbursement is Cause; Now Offering Reimbursement Solutions for Inpatient Health Care; Preparing for the Year 2000 in Health Care; OASIS Proposal; Update on Impact of Medicare Outpatient PPS and Balanced Budget Act; Intermediary "Requests for Additional Information" and "Additional Development Required" Letters; Hospital Payment and Information Management via NewsEdge Corporation; Non-Allowable Costs in Medicare Cost Reports; Is Your Office Still Without a Personnel Policy Manual?
Articles written by David R. Hunt, CHBC
Speakers
Parrish, Moody & Fikes has professionals in the areas of accounting, auditing, healthcare reimbursement, fraud, compliance, consulting, and tax available for speaking engagements. Please contact us for additional information.