Palmetto GBA announced earlier this week that they will begin performing service-specific medical review audits for oncology and ophthalmology specialties.
This week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a proposed rule, the third in a series of simplification rules in the new health care law, that can potentially save health care professionals and health plans up to $4.6 billion over the next ten years by reducing and simplifying administrative processes.