by Intersect Healthcare | Oct 22, 2018 | Appeal Writing, Medicare, Revenue Cycle
By R. Kendall Smith, Jr., MD, SFHM A report released by the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) in September 2018 found that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) overturned a jaw-dropping 75 percent of their own denials from 2014 to 2016. Even more startling was...
by | Mar 18, 2015 | Appeals, Medical Records, Resources, Standards of Care
RAC, CERT, ZPIC, MAC. These are acronyms that send shudders through most hospital’s C-Suites, given their perpetually increasing aggressiveness of “un-paying” hospitals, and now physicians1. Understanding LCD’s and NCD’s A majority of these “un-payments”...
