Posts Tagged ‘CAH’

CAH Outpatient Criteria Changes for Specimen Collections

Monday, June 1st, 2009

A provision in the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008 will soon change the policy of who is considered a critical access hospital (CAH) outpatient when outpatient clinical diagnostic laboratory services are provided.

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Telehealth Service Sites Expand

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

As of Jan. 1, 2009, eligible originating sites for payment of telehealth services will include hospital-based or critical access hospital-based renal dialysis facilities (including satellites), skilled nursing facilities and community mental health centers. This amendment to the Social Security Act is mandated by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008. Read more »


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