Learn which Medicare programs are impacted. Information blocking remains a high priority for enforcement, and a recent proposed rule aims the crosshairs on Medicare providers’ interoperability practices and the impact on incentive payments. In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act [...]
Warning: Medicare providers are the target demographic. Since the 21st Century Cures Act was enacted in 2016, the feds have methodically executed data sharing regulations — and penalties for violations. Information blocking continues to be a top enforcement concern, and [...]
Most specialties will be asked to submit six total measures including one outcome measure and one cross-cutting measure. However, these measures apply exclusively to patient-facing physicians. So, for radiology providers, two additional high priority measures can be used in their [...]
Here are the ICD-10 codes you need to report next month. Focusing solely on global codes when your ob-gyn or hospital nursing staff performs a delivery will increase your chances of making a costly mistake. Sometimes extenuating circumstances require you [...]
Real-life survey tale provides cautionary lessons for NFs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Nadine Renbarger describes a real-life scenario that shows how the F tags can start flying when surveyors become alarmed at the quality of a nursing [...]
Denials hinge on documentation.Your chances of coming under the microscope for therapy services just increased.The feds have a big incentive to reduce your therapy visit count to under 10, notes Cindy Krafft, director of rehabilitation for OSF Home Care based [...]
Legal experts lead you through the decision-making maze.In the heat of the survey battle when those unfair F tags are flying, the idea of beating surveyors in an appeal may seem quite appealing indeed.But before you start spinning the legal wheels, [...]
