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Monday, March 14, 2011

Special Edition MLN Matters Articles Related to OIG Findings

The Medicare Learning Network® has released the following MLN Matters® Special Edition articles to summarize recent studies conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
§  MLN Matters® Special Edition Article #SE1102, titled “Inappropriate Medicare Payments for Transforaminal Epidural Injection Services” can be found at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1102.pdf.
§  MLN Matters® Special Edition Article #SE1103, titled “Capped Rental DME: Enforcement of Payment Requirements for Beneficiary-Owned Capped Rental Durable Medical Equipment (DME)” can be found at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1103.pdf.
§  MLN Matters® Special Edition Article #SE1104, titled “The Importance of Correctly Coding the Place of Service by Physicians and Their Billing Agents” can be found at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNMattersArticles/downloads/SE1104.pdf.

Additional MLN Matters articles and educational products that inform Fee-For-Service providers about how to comply with current Medicare policy and avoid common billing errors can be found at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/45_ProviderCompliance.asp.

Dallas L Alford IV, CPA is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of North Carolina and owner of Atlantic Financial Consulting, a consulting firm that provides comprehensive medical billing services, practice management consulting, coding audits, Medicare compliance, Medicare RAC support and other general medical practice consulting services.
To learn more about Atlantic Financial Consulting you may visit their website at http://atlanticfinancial.us or contact Dallas L Alford IV, CPA directly at 1 888-428-2555, Ext. 200.

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