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ECAPE: Revealing the New Backlog Buster at OMHA

April 22, 2019 Chuck Buck | Ronald Hirsch, MD | Nancy Beckley | David Glaser, Esq. | Angela Phillips, PT | Edward C. Roche, JD, Ph.D. | Andrea Monson | and Andrew Wachler, Esq.
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ECAPE: Revealing the New Backlog Buster at OMHA
Show Notes

New from the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) is ECAPE—an electronic case management and workflow system designed to help reduce the backlog of appeals. ECAPE is expected to streamline and manage electronic filings, exhibiting, scheduling, and general case management. Reporting this breaking news story is Andrea Monson, who is the head of the ECAPE project for OMHA.

Other segments to appear on the broadcast include:

  • Monday Focus: Healthcare attorney Andrew Wachler, managing partner at Wachler & Associates, will provide context and perspective to the ECAPE system at the OMHA.

  • IFF Report: One of the nation’s foremost authorities on inpatient rehabilitation (IRF) Angela Phillips will report on the proposed 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) for IRF that CMS posted on Wednesday. 

  • The Roche Report: Edward C. Roche, RACmonitor investigative reporter and New York attorney, reports on compliance issues associated with robotic surgery.

  • Hot Topics: Monitor Mondays senior correspondent Nancy Beckley, president and CEO of Nancy Beckley and Associates, reports on all the latest hot topics and conducts the Monitor Mondays Listener Survey. 

  • Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser returns to Monitor Mondays with his popular segment, in which he reports on problematic issues facing providers.

  • Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.