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2 / 15 / 2024

2024 Final Rule Part Four: Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)

By Alysia Delozier
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) included some changes related to RHCs and FQHCs in the 2024 Final Rule. As referenced in our second article, CMS will...
2 / 8 / 2024

2024 Final Rule Part Three: Caregiver Training Services

Effective January 1, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) established an active payment status for CPT codes 96202 and 96203 (caregiver behavior management/modification training services) and...
2 / 1 / 2024

2024 Final Rule Part Two: Behavioral Health Services

By Alysia Delozier
The 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule revealed some great advancements in behavioral health services and how CMS will allow them to be billed.  We will highlight some...
1 / 25 / 2024

2024 Final Rule Part One: Split (or Shared) Evaluation and Management (“E/M”) Visits

According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule: “Split (or shared) E/M visits refer to visits provided in part by physicians...
5 / 27 / 2022

Breaking Down the Valuation of Physician Call Coverage: Trends, Challenges, Critical Elements, and the Future

By Christopher Fete, David White & Drew Hoffman
Abstract – Paying for call coverage is not just tied to trauma centers – every type of hospital is now working to secure physician coverage after hours, weekends, and holidays.  As...
2 / 8 / 2021

Six Things Every Rural Hospital CEO Must Do: Part Five

Rural hospitals are closing at a record pace, and many of the reasons why could have been avoided. By Robert Thorn, MBA, FACHE Director, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Last...
2 / 1 / 2021

Six Things Every Rural Hospital CEO Must Do: Part Four

Rural hospitals are closing at a record pace, and many of the reasons why could have been avoided. By Robert Thorn, MBA, FACHE Director, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Last...
1 / 26 / 2021

Six Things Every Rural Hospital CEO Must Do: Part Three

By Robert Thorn, MBA, FACHE Director, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting Last week, in Part Two of this six-part series on “Six Things Every Rural Hospital CEO Must Do,” we examined...
1 / 18 / 2021

Six Things Every Rural Hospital CEO Must Do: Part Two

Rural hospitals are closing at a record pace, and many of the reasons why could have been avoided. This six-part, weekly series will identify critical steps CEOs can take to...
1 / 13 / 2021

Six Things Every Rural Hospital CEO Must Do: Part One

Rural hospitals are closing at a record pace, and many of the reasons why could have been avoided. This six-part, weekly series will identify critical steps CEOs can take to...