ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
News Brief:
HCFA Changes Name to CMS
Published on Wed Aug 01, 2001
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), which administers Medicare and Medicaid policy, has been renamed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
For complete information on the organization of the newly named Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, please visit our Web site at www.codinginstitute.com.
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ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
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The key to receiving proper reimbursement for medication poisoning depends entirely on whether the patient [...] - Coding Nonemergent ED Services for Reimbursement
Receiving reimbursement for nonemergent cases can be difficult because although the Emergency Medical Treatment and [...] - You Be the Coder:
Eight-Hour Rule
Test your coding knowledge. Determine how you would code this situation before looking at the [...] - EMTALAs Importance
In the past, many hospitals attempted to screen out non-emergent patients and refer them back [...] - Reader Question:
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Question: How should I code an emergency-room visit for a child with known Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) [...] - Reader Question:
Advance Beneficiary Notice
Question: Should we use advance beneficiary notices (ABNs) in the ED?
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Answer: The rules [...] - Reader Question:
Defibrillation
Question: Is 92960 the correct code for reporting the defibrillation performed for cardiac arrest or [...] - Reader Question:
Critical Care by Nonadmitting ED Physician
Question: If one ED physician admits a patient to observation care and another ED physician [...] - News Brief:
HCFA Changes Name to CMS
The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), which administers Medicare and Medicaid policy, has been renamed [...]
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