Inpatient Facility Coding & Compliance Alert

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Know No Fear; the "Final Doc Fix" Is Here

Now you have a mixed bag of surprises to wade through to conclude the SGR impasse. This April just changed the way you get paid, forever. The Senate approved the Medicare Reform Legislation, “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act ” on April 15, thereby averting the 21 percent pay reduction for providers, and laid to rest the annual “Doc Fix” deadline drama. Here [...]
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