CCH Medicare and Medicaid Guide, in their January 29th issue, related that the PRRB allowed a New Jersey hospital to use charity care days in the Medicaid fraction of a hospital’s DSH calculation. This, however, was later overturned by the CMS Administrator, as reported by CCH in their March 4th issue.
Payments for HMO Medical Education
March 10, 2008CCH Medicare and Medicaid Guide, in their January 29th issue, relates that the CMS Administrator says you can only collect GME and IME for Medicare HMOs if they are billed to the fiscal intermediary (as-no-pay bills)
Reopening For NPR
March 10, 2008CCH Medicare and Medicaid Guide, in their January 22nd issue, relates that the CMS Administrator determined that you can only reopen an amended NPR (audited cost report) for issues addressed in the amended NPR.
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