October 24, 2025
Meet the Medicare Bad Debt Team
At Blue & Co., we believe that our greatest strength lies in our people. Each member of our Medicare Bad Debt team brings a unique blend of expertise, experience, and […]
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July 31, 2025
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 […]
Read MoreMay 23, 2025
Filing Medicare Bad Debt Listings With Medicare Advantage Plans
Are you maximizing your reimbursement potential with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans? Many healthcare providers are unaware that they can file bad debt listings for additional reimbursement. The key lies in […]
Read MoreMarch 6, 2025
Medicare Cost Report Appeal Types & How to Navigate the Appeals Process
To appeal or not to appeal: that is the question. Medicare cost report appeals can be extremely profitable, but which issues are worth the time and effort to appeal? Without […]
Read MoreSeptember 7, 2023
Changes to Medicare Bad Debt and S-10 Template Effective this Month
The new Medicare Bad Debt template (Exhibit 2A) and S-10 template (Exhibit 3B and 3C) have been finalized by Medicare and are now required for cost reporting periods ending on […]
Read MoreJanuary 5, 2023
Medicare Bad Debt Listing Template Finalized by CMS
This article has been updated on January 5, 2023. Back in August 2022, CMS was proposing changes to the Medicare Bad Debt listing template that is filed with your organization’s […]
Read MoreFebruary 9, 2021
Medicare Administrative Contractors: Audit Trend
How to Protect Dual Eligible Reimbursement from Audit Scrutiny In the past year, there has been a new audit trend emerging amongst MACs (Medicare Administrative Contractors). In some cases, this […]
Read MoreNovember 4, 2020
CMS Updates Language on Medicare Bad Debt Crossover Write Off
Since the release of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) final ruling, there has been a lot of confusion regarding the correct way to write off a bad debt crossover […]
Read MoreOctober 22, 2020
Medicare Bad Debts Regulations Update: October 2020
In these unprecedented times, protecting your Medicare bad debt reimbursement is more important than ever. With decreases in patient volume due to COVID-19, hospitals will certainly feel the effect on […]
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2020
CMS Finalized Ruling- Medicare Bad Debt Summary
On September 2, 2020, CMS released its final ruling. It is effective beginning October 1, 2020, for FY 2021. This means it will go in to effect the first day […]
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Hospital outpatient physical and occupational therapy remains one of the few care areas not yet pushed into a capitated payment model. For most hospitals, these services are still reimbursed on a fee schedule or as a percentage of charges.![]()
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You’d think this would drive hospitals to invest in processes that prevent missed charges, visits, or referrals because closing those gaps means real revenue and, in many cases, better patient access. Yet, in our experience, many hospitals still view these services as cost centers rather than potential profit drivers.![]()
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As hospitals search for every opportunity to improve margins, now may be the perfect time to uncover the untapped potential in outpatient therapy. ![]()
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Blue & Co. experts John Britt and Liz Barlow discuss further:![]()
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