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The May 2013 edition of The Sentinel includes topics such as:

• Spring Brings New Funding and Referrals Process While Planning for National Meeting. AoA writes about funding for SMP projects and grants for hard-to-reach populations as well as a new complex issues referral process.

• Facility Fees in Medicare Outpatient Settings. When a physician sees patients in a facility that is part of a hospital, can the hospital legitimately add a facility fee to the Medicare bill?

• CMS Proposes Raising Reward for Successful Fraud Tips to $9.9 Million. CMS wants to raise the maximum reward amount for successful tips that result in Medicare recoveries.

• Observation Status Controversy Still Unresolved. Read about what observation status is, why it is being used by hospitals, and possible ways for beneficiaries to avoid the financial pitfalls of the observation status conundrum. 

• New Resource Library Coming This Summer. The Resource Library at www.smpresource.org is being redesigned with new search capabilities, an attractive page that includes featured, most popular, and new resources — all password-protected for greater SMP privacy.

• SMP Presenters Spotlight Health Care Fraud at 2013 ASA Conference. The Wisconsin SMP writes about the 2013 American Society on Aging conference.

  To read the issue, click here.

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