Watch out: Extremely low falls QM figures may become a red flag. Providers self-reporting quality data has long been a cause for concern, and a new report from a federal watchdog agency shows why. “Among Medicare home health patients hospitalized [...]
CMS is realizing that facility self-reporting may not be the best option for monitoring data. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has relied on information recorded in the Minimum Data Set (MDS) to monitor the use of certain [...]
About 25 percent of the nation’s agencies will eventually be under RCD. If you’re one of the approximately 1,500 HHAs that will start the Review Choice Demonstration in the next four months, you should learn a lesson from the pioneering [...]
Under ICD-10, L57.0 will be your go-to code. When your clinician diagnoses actinic keratosis, you report the condition in much the same way as you did in ICD-9. You also have a simple crosswalk code to clinch the diagnosis in [...]
Hint: Use same diagnosis code for solar or senile keratosis. When your dermatologist diagnoses actinic keratosis, you report the condition in much the same way as you did in ICD-9. You also have a simple crosswalk code to clinch the [...]
Under ICD-10, L57.0 will be your go-to code. When your clinician diagnoses actinic keratosis, you report the condition in much the same way as you did in ICD-9. You also have a simple crosswalk code to clinch the diagnosis in [...]
Hint: Use same diagnosis code for solar or senile keratosis. When your clinician diagnoses actinic keratosis, you report the condition in much the same way as you did in ICD-9. You also have a simple crosswalk code to clinch the [...]
Hint: Use same diagnosis code for solar or senile keratosis. When your clinician diagnoses actinic keratosis, you report the condition in much the same way as you did in ICD-9. You also have a simple crosswalk code to clinch the [...]
Hint: Use same diagnosis code for solar or senile keratosis. When your clinician diagnoses actinic keratosis, you report the condition in much the same way as you did in ICD-9. You also have a simple crosswalk code to clinch the [...]
You’re doing some great work in ensuring that your residents’ voices are heard when it comes to MDS 3.0 assessments. So says a March 13 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA). More than 83 [...]
