January 2024
A primer on HCPCS and a look at the continuing threat of ransomware in healthcare.
December 2023
Physician licensing, credentialing, and privileging and look back at the year in healthcare policy.
November 2023
An explanation of CPT® in the second installment of our series on medical coding and an examination of the implications of underrepresenting Native Americans in medical research.
October 2023
The first installment of our series on ICD-10-CM, CMS’s implementation of the discarded drug refund program, and summaries of pertinent regulations.
September 2023
Challenges in risk adjustment, HHS’s use of AI, and summaries of CMS rules.
July/August 2023
Administrative Law Judges in the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, Prior authorizations and health equity
June 2023
Prior authorizations in Medicare Advantage, step therapy, health equity on Juneteenth, new team members
May 2023
Prior authorizations and the U.S. healthcare system, Unified Program Integrity Contractors, COVID reflections, and our new COO
April 2023
The debate over prior authorizations, the growing conversation over food as medicine, Applied Policy’s latest summaries
March 2023
When medicine gets it wrong, expanded coverage for continuous glucose monitors, CMS eliminates CMNs and DIFs
February 2023
The implications of a new Alzheimer’s drug, focus on Europe, 13 years of Recovery Audit Contractors
