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CMS Launches New MDS Audits for SNFs

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be initiating new Minimum Data Set (MDS) audits through iQIES. Understanding the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Validation Program and its requirements […]

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Medicare Bad Debt Crossover Potential Revealed

Beginning June 7, 2024, Indiana Medicaid launched a transformative new program: PathWays, a managed long-term service and support (MLTSS) initiative designed to streamline care for aging Hoosiers. This program partners […]

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2027 Medicare Geographic Reclassifications

Hospitals that submit wage index data have the opportunity to request geographic reclassification. For facilities that qualify, they can experience significant increases in both base Diagnosis-Related Group (“DRG”) and Outpatient […]

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Improving Patient Loyalty with Network Integrity

Network Integrity is the ability to keep patients within the organization-defined provider network and can optimize your hospital’s financial and operational performance. Blue & Co.’s Shawn Williams, an Audit Director […]

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2025 Automotive Transactions in the Midwest Roundup

By Jonah Gjertson, Senior Consultant at Blue & Co. The Midwest closed 2025 with 94 reported dealership transactions, down from 101 in 2024. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan were the […]

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New Year, New Rates: How Not-For-Profits Can Lock in Stability with Interest Rate Swaps

By Annmarie Novotney, CPA, Audit Director at Blue & Co. Over the past few years, not-for-profits have faced heightened interest rate volatility. In 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve raised […]

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Preparing for Market-Driven MS-DRG Reporting

In our last thought leadership, we gave an update on new pricing transparency rules.  Within the same rule, CMS requires a new cost report worksheet that utilizes the new pricing […]

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