Medicare Part B

NAMD Pens Medicare Part B Letter Urging Congress to Act Now

by Jacqueline DiChiara

The National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD) penned a letter yesterday to various leaders of the Senate Committee on Finance, House Committee on Ways and Means and House Energy and Commerce...

CMS Puts Medicare Part B Claims on Two Week Hold

by Ryan Mcaskill

Because of an issue with the 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS has put a temporary hold on claims while it’s fixed. Hospitals and other healthcare providers that submitted Medicare Part B...

HHS Announces 2015 Medicare Premiums and Deductibles

by Ryan Mcaskill

Medicare Plan B premiums, deductibles and copays will be largely unchanged in 2015. Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the premiums and deductibles for...

TrailBlazer Health Claimed $1.3M in Unallowable Medicare Costs

by Ryan Mcaskill

TrailBlazer claimed $137K in Medicare Part B termination costs and $1.1M in potentially unallowable severance pay termination costs. Earlier this month, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the...

Are Part B Rx drug rates higher than other gov’t programs?

by Elizabeth Snell

Medicare Part B lost millions of dollars in 2011 because certain fees were not aligned with the rates that Part D and state Medicaid programs paid, according to a recent Office of Inspector General...