WOUND DEBRIDEMENTS FOR INJURIES WITHOUT CC/MCC DRG Code 903
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- Telehealth Services: Get the Scoop on 10 Telehealth Coding Facts From the Experts - (Feb 04, 2021)
Part B MAC reps offer provider tips with surprising and helpful insight. If you’re confused about the correct office code to use for COVID-19 test specimen collection or how to report prolonged services for a telephone-based encounter, you’re not alone. [...]
- Feds Pump Funds Into FCC Telehealth Program - (Jan 08, 2021)
As part of its recent stimulus efforts, the government decided to promote telehealth with more funding opportunities. After significant negotiations, Congress passed H.R. 133 on Dec. 21, 2020. The bill, which is titled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, was signed [...]
- Know Your Facts: Condition-Level Deficiencies Are On The Rise For Hospices - (Jul 17, 2019)
Care planning-related deficiencies top surveyors’ lists. The survey climate for hospices is getting worse, and that trend is only bound to intensify in the wake of the HHS Office of Inspector General’s latest reports on hospice surveys. So indicates the [...]
- Know Your Facts: Are You A 'Poor Performer' In The OIG's Eyes? - (Jul 12, 2019)
If you meet certain survey criteria, the watchdog agency wants extra eyes on you. Policy- and lawmakers will refer to statistics from the HHS Office of Inspector General’s latest reports on hospice surveys when deciding on a multiple of topics [...]
- Surgical Focus: Follow These 4 Steps to Set Wrist Repair Coding on Track - (Jan 22, 2015)
Be well versed in anatomy to differentiate tendon from nerve codes. Hand and wrist surgery operative reports can be overwhelming from a coding perspective, particularly when the surgeon performs more than 10 procedures during the session. Here’s the key to [...]
- Wrist: 4 Steps Help You Weather These Complex Wrist Repair Coding Errors - (Dec 03, 2014)
Learn to differentiate tendon codes from nerve codes by studying your anatomy. Hand and wrist surgery operative reports can be overwhelming, particularly when the surgeon performs more than 10 procedures. Here’s the key to keeping your claims in order — [...]
- Hospice News: Health Care Fraud Prosecutions Skyrocket This Year - (Sep 15, 2011)
It's not just your imagination; health care fraud busts are way up this year. Data obtained from the government show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85 percent over [...]
- Industry Notes: National HHA Chain Settles Fraud Charges For $150 Million - (Sep 05, 2011)
It's not just Medicare fraud that comes with a big price tag. National chain Maxim Healthcare Services has agreed to pay $150 million for submitting fraudulent claims to Medicaid and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Privately owned Maxim admitted to [...]
- In other news - (Aug 12, 2011)
It's not just your imagination--healthcare fraud busts are way up this year. Data obtained from the government show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85 percent over last year, [...]
- Industry Note:Feds' Health Care Fraud Prosecutions On Track To Rise 85% This Year - (Aug 02, 2011)
It's not just your imagination; health care fraud busts are way up this year. Data obtained from the government show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85 percent over [...]