Add-on equivalent, wage index revamp would help. The rural reimbursement add-on may be eliminated by law, but Medicare can find other ways to give strapped agencies relief, commenters on the 2023 home health proposed rule are telling the feds. The [...]
Tip: Encrypt devices or pay the price. Whether your organization is big or small, it’s critical to have a handle on the requirements of the HIPAA Security Rule. And with a majority of states’ COVID-19 rates peaking, more providers will [...]
Hint: There’s more to a risk analysis than an EHR check-up. If you’re going over your 2019 audit checklist, it’s a good idea to analyze your HIPAA protocols, too. By putting compliance first, you’ll have your ducks in a row [...]
Hint: There’s more to a risk analysis than an EHR check-up. If you haven’t analyzed and updated your HIPAA compliance plan recently, now is a good time to get your ducks in a row for the new year. Myth: Some [...]
Watch for more changes as ICD-10 catches on. As you embrace the ICD-10 sea of change, yet another transformation to get past is the updates to your state LCDs. “As we knew from the beginning, edits would happen,” admits Doreen [...]
Focus on 6-month prognosis, MAC urges. Be sure your claims for hospice patients with two nutrition conditions are up to snuff, because one Medicare Administrative Contractor is taking a closer look at them. “Our Medical Review Department will be initiating [...]
Be sure your claims for hospice patients with two nutrition conditions are up to snuff, be-cause one Medicare Administrative Contractor is taking a closer look at them. “Our Medical Review Department will be initiating a widespread prepayment review of claims [...]
Healthcare industry sees more momentum than ever in Congress for widespread coverage. Rehab services delivered via telehealth would no longer be excluded from Medicare reimbursement if the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2014 becomes law. This bill, introduced by the [...]
Question: A patient fell while intoxicated and was admitted because of a fractured humerus (surgical neck). The patient was having DT’s and was also diagnosed with acute respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia. Additional diagnoses were malnutrition from alcohol and chronic [...]
New CPT® manual will feature 186 new codes and 119 deletions, AMA reveals.Although the 2013 edition of the CPT® Manual is still being printed, the Otolaryngology Coding Alert has had a sneak peek at the codes that you'll use next [...]
