RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURS DRG Code 208

Tip: Check VA financial enrollment, then evaluate billing. If you are treating patients under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) and not receiving reimbursement, ensure electronic funds transfer (EFT) is properly set up [...]

Californian DNPs are facing fines and potential license loss for going by ‘doctor.’ It’s easy to let certain linguistic quirks bleed into daily use, but language can really matter in the workplace, especially when the workplace is a medical practice. [...]

Potential patients, referral sources, and others could be swayed by two recent studies pointing to groups of agencies perform better. Nonprofit study: Rand Corp. researchers analyzed Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey data from 653,208 caregiver [...]

Establish a policy to ensure a smooth transition. Change is inevitable, and for younger patients, one of those changes is transitioning from pediatric into adult medicine. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted an extensive list of [...]

Tip: Make risk management a priority in 2021. You might think that a pandemic would impede HIPAA enforcement, but you’d be wrong. In fact, as COVID-19 hits its third-wave stride, the feds seem to be trending up rather than down. [...]

And make sure you have a policy in place. “The only constant in life,” an ancient philosopher once observed, “is change.” As they navigate the physical and developmental transitions from childhood to adulthood, adolescents know this all too well. As [...]

Nearly half of nation’s HHAs will be under PCR by January. The heavy burden of Medicare’s new preclaim review demonstration is going to slam into home health agencies in the first demo state Aug. 1, while they are still scrambling [...]

Do not miss using the appropriate ICD-10 codes, document 5 A’s, and more. Considering the importance of smoking cessation as a behavior modification intervention, Medicare provides guidelines on how providers can work their way to successful claims for the counseling [...]

Revised guidelines, additions, deletions, reimbursement mappings and more… Prepare yourself for the new and revised ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes that go into effect Oct. 1, 2016, along with the associated DRG changes. This April 19, CMS posted the much awaited [...]

Warning: Your own data will land you under reviewers’ microscope. Medicare’s proposed rule for 2017 hospice payment may contain some big changes such as new quality measures and a new OASIS-like assessment tool on the horizon. But the most difficult [...]