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Continued...
2004 Year-end Tax Planning Newsletter
- November 2004
2005 Physician Fee Schedule
- November
2004
Newly
Certified CPA
- October 2004
MedPAC Annual June Report on New Approaches in Medicare
- June 2004
Tax Court determines allocation
of retirement residence fees to resident's medical expenses
- March 2004
MedPAC recommends no payment update for SNFs and HHAs for 2005.
MedPAC did recommend an increase for Hospitals and Physicians for 2005.
See annual March report to Congress - March 2004
- March 2004
HHC in the Top 10% of
HUD Audit Firms
- January 2004
GAO Report (GAO-04-143) says: Medicaid Nursing Home Payments: States'
Payment Rates Largely Unaffected by Recent Fiscal Pressures.
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December
2003
Therapy Limits for 2004
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November 2003
AHCA Summary
of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of
2003 (Sections Applicable to Long-Term Care)
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November
2003
Oregon's Medicaid
Nursing Home Provider Specific Tax
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November
2003
HHS
Announces Medicare Premium and Deductible Rates for 2004
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October
2003
Litigation Support
Learn more about our Litigation Support Services.
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October
2003
Staff News
Matt Conley and his friends won the
overall team relay at the multi-sports event - "The Chase in Hagg Lake,
Oregon". Click on the link above for more details.
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October
2003
SNF
PPS & Consolidated Billing Correction, 10/10/2003
CMS
corrected urban wage index for FY 2004 SNF
PPS.
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October
2003
SNF
PPS & Consolidated Billing Correction, 9/29/2003
CMS
corrected technical errors in 8/4/03 Federal Register for FY 2004 SNF
PPS.
- September
2003
SNF PPS & Consolidated Billing Update,
8/4/2003
CMS
has issued a final rule updates of payment rates for FY 2004.
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August
2003
Medicare Increases Nursing Home Payment Rates
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August 2003
Claims Assurance Services
Learn more about our Health Claims Assurance
Services for billing, processing and payment systems.
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August
2003
New Government Audit Requirements
OMB has increased audit requirement of Federal
Awards from $300,000 to $500,000. Click on link above to read more about
this.
- July 2003
New
Medicare Limits on Therapy Services (effective Sept 1, 2003)
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July
2003
Medicare Proposes 2.9% Increase to Skilled Nursing Facilities
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May 2003
MedPAC
has provided briefings on selected Medicare payment systems to Senate
Finance Committee staff through Winter and Spring 2003. The briefings
provide information on the following payment systems:
- Physicians
- Prescription drugs covered under Part B
- Medicare+Choice
- Skilled nursing facility
- Home health
- Inpatient hospital
- Outpatient hospital
Follow this link to view the briefings
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April 2003
MedPac Recommends Freezing SNFs Payment Updates in 2004
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March 2003
Latest on Restoration of
Medicare Cuts - Reported by AHCA
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March 2003
Increase on 2003 Physician Payment Rates
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February 2003
Medicare Part A Bad Debts Reduction
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February 2003
New Services
We have established a financial planning and
investment advisory group within our practice in 2002.
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January 2003
April Quarterly Update for 2003 Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics,
Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Fee Schedule
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January 2003
Emergency
Update to the 2003 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database
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January 2003
2003 Physician Fee Schedule
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January 2003
MedPAC considers
eliminating in SNF, ASC updates - Reported by CCH Washington Bureau
- December 2002
Status of Medicare Cliff - Reported
by Arizona Health Care Association
- November 2002
Status of Medicare Cliff - Reported
by Wisconsin Health Care Association
- September 2002
Interest
Rate for Medicare Overpayments & Underpayments
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August 2002
SNF PPS & Consolidated Billing Update - Notice, 7/31/2002
CMS
has issued a notice that updates the payment rates used under PPS for FY 2003.
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July 2002
Medicare
Announces Increase in Nursing Home Payments
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July 2002
Legislation Introduced to
Eliminate the Remaining "Medicare Cliff"
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May 2002
HHS to extend $1 billion in Medicare payments to Nursing Homes - No
case-mix refinements this year
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April
2002
Tax Planning Opportunity
"Job Creation
and Worker Assistance Act of 2002" affects 2001 returns.
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March
2002
MedPAC says free-standing SNF payments adequate, SNF hospital-based too
low, scheduled cuts for HHA not necessary
- January
2002
Tax
Newsletters
Learn more
about Forms 1099 and 8300, and
Nursing Home Costs, Long-Term Care Services
and Insurance Premiums Deductible as Medical Expenses.
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January
2002
PS&R release timelines and cost report due dates
CMS has
issued a Program Memorandum in regards to the PS&R release timelines and
cost report due dates.
- January
2002
Peer
Review 2001
View Peer Review in PDF Format.
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Sept
2001
SNF
PPS & Consolidated Billing Final Rule Update, 7/31/01
CMS
has issued a final rule update of payment rates for FY 2002.
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July 2001
Cost
Report Due Date Extensions
HCFA has
issued a final program memorandum in regards to the extension of due
date for filing provider cost reports.
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July 2001
SNF
PPS & Consolidated Billing Update, 5/10/01
View Federal Register in PDF Format.
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May 2001
SNF
Payment Rates
HCFA has posted revised 4/1/01 SNF Payment Rates.
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April 2001
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