Medicare released a proposed rule in the Federal Register , “Medicare Program; Part B Inpatient Billing in Hospitals,” in March 2013. That proposed rule, in combination with the ruling for Part A to B denial rebilling—which was effective immediately on publication—is intended to get a handle on a huge area of heartburn for hospitals.
Regulated transactions with physicians are now common for hospitals. With the significant number of physician practice acquisitions and other affiliations, the number of regulated transactions with physicians has gone up exponentially