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RECENT NEWS AND EDUCATION2010 Fall Cost Report Seminar to be held at the Coeur d' Alene Resort in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho on October 4th, 5th & 6th. Brochure available below. Most Recent AIPCA Peer Review Results UPDATE - District Court overrules CMS and redefines rural for CRNA purposes District Court overrules CMS and redefines rural for CRNA purposes. Click here to find out more. UPDATE - CMS Cancels Method II Billing Changes CMS has cancelled the implementation of its method II billing changes. CMS has instructed Medicare Intermediaries/MACs to continue to pay CAHs electing method II billing at cost plus one percent for outpatient facility services and at fee scale plus twelve percent for professional component services. This is a welcomed turn of events with no further explanation provided by CMS. We now encourage all CAHs to continue to elect method II billing until such a time CMS may issue new regulations governing method II billing. New CAH Rules - Effective October 1, 2009 CMS has finalized several new CAH rules Click here to find out more. Stimulus Bill (Update) Click here for a copy of the updated stimulus package presentation which was given out in our seminar in August. Changes have been made for cost report specific dates rather than generic dates. TRICARE Proposes Cost Plus for CAHs (Update) Click here for a copy of the Final Register (August 31, 2009) addressing final rule on TRICARE and reasonable cost based reimbursement. Click here for a copy of TRICARES CAH Reimbursement Manual. Proposed/Updated Regulations Click here for a copy of a summary of the new RHC CMS regulations and Mike's personal comments. Click here for a copy of ER availability guidlines published by Noridian Administrative Services. Click here for a updated copy of CAH lab requirements published by CMS. TRICARE Proposes Cost Plus for CAHs Click here for a copy of the proposed TriCare regulation that will change CAH reimbursement to the lesser of cost plus one percent or charges. The comment period ended June 4, 2008. We encourage all CAHs to submit a comment endorsing this change. However, we would like the new regulation to eliminate the clause that limits payment to charges. This is truly great news for all CAHs and we can thank our colleagues in Alaska for leading the way on this change. If you have any questions, please contact us.
NEW Presentation - Physician Supervision Interim Rates & Cost Report Estimates- With Calculations
Michael R. Bell & Company PLLC joins Wipfli LLP
August 9, 2010
Effective August 1, the partners and associates of Michael R. Bell & Company, PLLC, joined Wipfli LLP, an international CPA firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Michael R. Bell & Company specializes in providing audit, accounting and consulting services to a variety of health care organizations and will become part of Wipfli’s full-service health care industry practice.
“We are thrilled that Michael R. Bell & Company has joined Wipfli,” stated Rick Dreher, Wipfli’s managing partner. “Michael R. Bell & Company is a leader in providing quality accounting and consulting services to health care organizations throughout the western half of the United States and will be an excellent fit with our existing health care industry practice.” “Wipfli currently offers our health care clients a wide range of audit, tax and consulting services and has a number of clients in the western half of the United States, but joining forces with Michael R. Bell & Company will help us to expand into that area officially and serve a larger portion of it,” Dreher said. “We are excited to join Wipfli and look forward to continuing to serve our clients with the same exceptional service they have come to expect from us. The difference now is that as their needs change, we can bring them the additional resources that Wipfli has to offer, including specialized consulting services that are focused on helping health care organizations address issues facing the industry,” Michael Bell, Managing Partner of Michael R. Bell & Company, said. With approximately 800 partners and associates, Wipfli provides the full range of audit, tax and consulting services to thousands of clients across the nation including a significant number of health care organizations such as integrated delivery systems, large community hospitals, critical access and rural hospitals, medical practices, long-term care facilities, and dental facilities. The firm has been serving mid-sized businesses for over 80 years. Washington state-based Michael R. Bell & Company was established in 1991 and is one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading providers of audit, accounting and consulting services to health care organizations. The firm has 17 employees, including two partners, and works with hundreds of health care organizations across the western United States. |
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