Home Health & Hospice Week
Industry Notes
Published on Wed Apr 07, 2010
• Get ready for more than 130 new ICD-9 diagnosis codes debuting on Oct. 1. CMS has proposed the full listing of codes in a 1,000+ page Federal Register file. More than one-third of the proposed codes are in the "V" code section, which describes "supplementary classification of factors influencing health status and contact with health services," according to the ICD-9 manual. For a breakdown of how the new codes will influence home care coding, see a future issue of Eli's Home Care Week.
Other Articles in this issue of
Home Health & Hospice Week
- Fraud & Abuse:
Health Care Reform Brings Major Compliance Changes
One guilty-until-proven-innocent provision will shutter some blameless providers, expert says. Under the health care reform [...] - Audits:
Medicaid RACs Slated To Fire Up This Year
Will the new Medicaid bounty hunters duplicate MIC scrutiny? If you submit claims to Medicaid, [...] - Reimbursement:
PECOS Edits Hit HHAs, Suppliers At Same Time
You can't use your own NPI in the physician field starting this fall. You could [...] - Regulations:
Face-To-Face Encounters Affect Both HHAs And Hospices
And HHAs may be on the hook retroactively. If you were breathing a sigh of [...] - Labor Law:
Labor Law Changes Could Bring Trouble
DOL may revise companionship exemption, endorses penalties for misclassifying contractors. Federal changes for your home [...] - Industry Notes:
Get To Know New Outlier Cap Remittance Advice Codes
If you're trying to figure out whether your claims have been adjusted due to the [...] - Industry Notes
• The home care and therapy industries got a black eye from a Wall Street [...] - Industry Notes
• Medicare contractors will need to have a little better proof when they revoke your [...] - Industry Notes
• Get ready for more than 130 new ICD-9 diagnosis codes debuting on Oct. 1. [...] - Industry Notes
• Hospice patients who revoke the hospice benefit don't have to wait any prescribed amount [...] - Industry Notes
• If you need more ammo to convince lawand policymakers that funding home care makes [...] - Industry Notes
• You can stop worrying about coming up with a list of approved abbreviations, symbols, [...] - Industry Notes
• LHC Group Inc. saw positive earnings in the latest quarter. The Lafayette, La.-based chain [...] - Industry Notes
• For-profit hospice chain Odyssey Inc.'s earnings are on the upswing. The Dallas-based national chain's [...]
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