Timely Billing: To Avoid Lost Payments, Hospitals Need to Bill All Potential Payers From the Start (Part Two)

Most health plans have contracts with hospitals that require billing within 180 days of the date of service. Some self-insured plans allow hospitals to submit their bills for up to a year. There are strict statutes in place to ensure these billing deadlines are...

CMS Two-Midnight Rule for Medicare Payment poses Bureaucratic Headache for Hospitals, ER Physicians

Published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in August 2013, the Inpatient Prospective Payment System/Long-Term Care Hospital Final Rule (CMS-1599-F) – known as the two-midnight rule – poses a bureaucratic headache for hospitals and treating...