Monitor Mondays

Seeking to clarify its original MLN Matters guidance on total knee arthroplasty (TKA) issued earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an updated memo on the subject on Thursday.The latest version contains misdirection and ambiguity, the likes of which was first reported by RACmonitor, prompting CMS to rescind its initial memo. Reporting our lead story during the next edition of Monitor Mondays will be R. Phillip Baker, MD, medical director of case management at Self Regional Healthcare.The broadcast rundown also will include:Monday Focus Report: Blockchain: Distributed ledger systems (DLS), also known as blockchain, will be the Monday Focus when RACmonitor investigative reporter and New York attorney Edward Roche will report on new healthcare technologies we can expect to see in 2019.War on Drugs: The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that Walgreens Boots Alliance agreed to pay $269.2 million to settle two healthcare fraud lawsuits alleging that Walgreen