Category: Quadax Blog

Providers eager to embrace technology, freeing them from billing and payment burdens 

AHA claimed requirement too burdensome; judges skeptical, rule in favor of HHS

The American Hospital Association (AHA) was hoping for intervention from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals as the Price Transparency rule requiring hospitals to publicize rates goes into effect Friday, January 1, 2021. The AHA filed for an emergency notion to block the rule from going into effect, citing hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 vaccine distribution and record-high caseloads of COVID-19.

President Trump signs massive $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law

Below are some of the key healthcare-related provisions in the legislation, including a detailed breakdown of the provisions related to funding for healthcare providers under the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund (PRF).

The agency also released payment allowances for the two billing codes, which account for the injection, infusion, and post-administration monitoring of the recently approved COVID-19 antibody drug.

Receiving, storage and distribution pose additional challenges

New rule decreases payment conversion factor; increases telehealth expansion, E/M services