STOMACH, ESOPHAGEAL AND DUODENAL PROCEDURES WITH MCC DRG Code 326
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- COVID-19: Hospice Captures 5% Of COVID-19 Discharges - (Jul 15, 2020)
After death, most discharges are to home. New Medicare beneficiary data may help you fill in the COVID-19 picture — and figure out your part in it. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released an “early snapshot of [...]
- Know Your Facts: Home Health Captures 11.4% Of COVID-19 Discharges - (Jun 26, 2020)
Hospice receives 5.3%, newly released data shows. New Medicare beneficiary data may help you fill in the COVID-19 picture — and figure out your part in it. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released an “early snapshot of [...]
- Policies & Procedures: Decide Early What Should Be On Your Reconciled Medication List - (Nov 15, 2019)
For example: The patient’s preferred language may be a good thing to include, CMS suggests. For the new OASIS items and measures on medication list transfers, one of the sticking points is what exactly constitutes a “current reconciled medication list.” [...]
- Quality: New Hospice Quality Information Will Be Coming To You Next Month - (Nov 18, 2016)
Plus: Only half of hospices access free benchmarking reports from CMS. Stay tuned to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for two new sources of information about your hospice in December. CMS will issue Hospice Quality Reporting Program reports [...]
- ICD-10 Update: Get Ready for the ICD-10 Diagnosis, Procedure and MS-DRG Codes Overhaul - (May 12, 2016)
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 [...]
- Oncology Practice: Medicare Spends: Problems and Solutions - (Sep 04, 2015)
Oncologists favor a panel of health experts to decide Medicare payments based on cost-benefit analysis. Gogineni and colleagues (July 2012 - March 2013) conducted a survey causes of high health care costs in the US. The results of this survey [...]
- Compliance: Get Ready For A Big Crackdown From MACs & ZPICs - (Jan 04, 2013)
Are ZPICs going easier on you than MACs? If your home health agency is in one of certain jurisdictions, you may need to brace yourself for more scrutiny in 2013 from Medicare Administrative Contractors and Zone Program Integrity Contractors. A [...]
- CCI 18.2 Update: NCCI Version 18.2 is Effective On July 1, 2012, Are You Ready To Correctly Handle these Edits? - (Jun 18, 2012)
Scope out these new CCI edits for fluoroscopy use and heparin lock proceduresProfessional services provided in the ED escaped attention in the latest round of new NCCI edits, effective July 1; however, there are a few facility issues you should [...]
- Industry Notes: Apply For Accreditation To Collect For Imaging - (Feb 20, 2008)
Plus: California hospitals overpaid by $3.5 million If you bill United Healthcare (UHC) on behalf of your Medicare patients, the rules just got tougher. Starting in the third quarter of 2008, only accredited outpatient imaging facilities and physician offices will [...]
- PHYSICIAN NOTES: UHC Providers--Accredit Your Imaging Facility or Face Denials - (Feb 15, 2008)
Want to collect for imaging procedures? Apply for accreditationIf you bill United Healthcare (UHC) on behalf of your Medicare patients, the rules just got tougher. Starting in the third quarter of 2008, only accredited outpatient imaging facilities and physician offices [...]