This week’s Medicare updates include a thorough list of alternative payment models that CMS currently operates and the 2019 update to clinical lab fee schedule.
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This week in Medicare updates—12/18/2018
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This week’s Medicare updates include a thorough list of alternative payment models that CMS currently operates, the 2019 update to the clinical lab fee schedule, a revision to a transmittal regarding medical review of diagnostic lab tests, and more!
AHA: Hospitals may publish revenue codes included in the list of standard charges
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Hospitals are allowed to publish a list of charges that contains UB-04 revenue codes when complying with 2019 IPPS final rule requirements requiring the publication of standard charges, the American Hospital Association (AHA) said in a regulatory advisory bulletin
 

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