News – Page 18 – North Carolina Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Association

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Palmetto Pulmonary Rehabilitation Webcast

August 29, 2013

Palmetto GBA hosted the Medicare Part A ‘Pulmonary Rehabilitation Webcast’ Thursday, August 29, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET. The purpose of this session was to educate Medicare Part...

Medicare Audit Report and Update from Senate Bill S.382

August 12, 2013

Medicare Audits Report As of February 2013 there have been 151 claims audited in North Carolina and 131 of them were denied. That is an 88% denial rate! Other states...

CMS Announces Formal Consideration for Coverage of Cardiac Rehabilitation for Chronic Heart Failure

June 20, 2013

CMS Announces Formal Consideration for Coverage of Cardiac Rehabilitation for Chronic Heart Failure CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) has received a formal request submitted by the American Association...

Updates regarding Reimbursement and CMS

May 21, 2013

CMS is changing how hospital billing offices will determine eligibility status for Medicare coverage of services. Instead of the Common Working File (CWF) organizations will now access the HIPAA Eligibility Transaction...

AACVPR Health Policy & Reimbursement Update April 4, 2013

May 6, 2013

AACVPR Health Policy & Reimbursement Update April 4, 2013 Day on the Hill (DOTH) 2013 - Member Action Needed WILL YOU SUCCEED AGAIN? In 2008, AACVPR members obtained the support...

Completion of Outpatient Service-Specific Complex Review of Cardiac Rehabilitation with Continuous ECG (HCPCS Code 93798) in North Carolina and South Carolina

March 6, 2013

Read the full article. Completion of Outpatient Service audits for CR 3-2013

Slides for the symposium

February 21, 2013

Familial hypercholesterolemia presentation 2 Ray Squires Crouch - How to Survive and Grow Your Rehab NC conf Miller WOMEN’S HEART DISEASE jan 2012 edit Mike Lippard (1) Verrill NCCRA presentation

Speakers for this year’s symposium

January 18, 2013

Word Speaker Bios and Pics Revised

Brochure for the NCCRA Symposium

January 15, 2013

2013 brochure

New Palmetto LCD for Cardiac Rehab!!!

January 15, 2013

The new LCD for cardiac rehab goes into effect on January 28th, 2013. Please Read Carefully! http___www.cms.gov_medicare-coverage-database_shared_handlers_highwire.ashx_url=http___www.cms.gov_medicare-coverage-database_details_lcd-details

J11 Part A Clinical Webinar – Probe Edits: New Date for Event

November 15, 2012

Please note the new date for the Probe Edit J11 Part A Clinical Webinar. It has been changed from December 6 to December 11, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 11:30...

Sorry, we misssed this one!

October 30, 2012

At the recent AACVPR meeting in Orlando, Florida, one of our long standing members of the NCCRA was given a very special award. Carl N. King, EdD received the new...