Friday, September 4, 2026 - Updated Daily
Friday, September 4, 2026 - Updated Daily
Every year, the release of Medicare insolvency projections triggers a familiar cycle: headlines warn that Medicare is running out of money, advocates insist benefits are safe, and operators are left sorting politics from payment reality….
A bipartisan group of House representatives introduced a bill on Friday aimed at addressing and exceeding a pay cut for doctors that took effect at the beginning of this year. The legislation, known as the…
Here’s an oldie but a goodie for today. The House Ways and Means Committee is reportedly considering a markup of legislation this month that would revamp Medicare’s physician payment system. This move could increase the…
Within the normal news cycle, legislation often gets ignored, especially in this hyper volatile election cycle we have begun. I’m expecting very little in terms of reform or new legislation on important healthcare issues to…
An issue that has been tied to AI (artificial intelligence) and specifically, to Medicare Advantage plans, involves coverage denials. I wrote about this in a post earlier this year at https://rhislop3.com/2023/05/01/medicare-advantage-part-d-final-rule/ Coverage denials have been…
Medicare Advantage plans or Medicare Part C and D plans continue to grow in popularity. I’ve written a number of posts on various Medicare Advantage topics, of late, coverage issues and denials, particularly for post-acute…
Over the last six months or so, I’ve written a number of articles on the issue of SNFs, therapy contracts/contractors, and recent fraud settlements. I’ve also given a few presentations on the same subject, covering…
Yesterday, the Speaker of the House (John Boehner) announced that a compromise is forthcoming to alleviate, for one year, the pending 24% payment reduction to the Physician Fee Schedule arising out of the current SGR…
As luck would have it, work interfered with my plans to have all of the industry outlooks for this year complete and published by February 1. Good news: Ground work is done now I just…
I have a schedule or table if you prefer, of 2013 Part B Therapy Rates applicable to common SNF codes. It is applicable as user selects, for the entire U.S. As rates are only available…
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