Tag: Monitoring data
CMS: Data shows payment amounts not an issue
May 18, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - CMS announced this week that it believes reimbursement cuts implemented Jan. 1 in non-competitive bidding areas have not had a negative effect on beneficiary access.CMS compared the rate of assignment of claims for DMEPOS items for the first four months of 2015, which were paid at the unadjusted fee schedule rates, to the rate of assignment of claims for the same items for the first four months of 2016, which were paid at the new partially adjusted rates.“The monitoring data shows...