OIG to Focus Audits on COVID Add-On Payments
By: Dyana Williams, Client Manager Lighthouse Laboratory Services has been raising awareness about the risk of fraud and abuse within the lab industry for months as newly developed labs began addressing the need for COVID-19 Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Tests...
CMS Accepting 2022 MIPS Exception Applications
CMS has announced it is now accepting Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Exception applications for clinicians and groups who have been impacted by extreme or uncontrollable circumstances in 2022 and would like to opt-out of the current reporting year....
New codes created for monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab
On Feb. 11, the FDA authorized the emergency use of the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adult and pediatric patients when all of these apply: They have a positive COVID-19 test result They’re at high-risk for...