EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT CC/MCC DRG Code 983
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- Survey & Certification: PoC Deficiency Tops Citation List Under New CoPs - (May 18, 2018)
Just keep waiting on those CoP Interpretive Guidelines. Home health agency survey citations are racking up, and yet the Interpretive Guidelines for surveyors regarding the new Home Health Conditions of Participation that took effect in January are still not out. [...]
- Know Your Facts: Feds Used These Stats To Decide On Your Cap Requirements - (Oct 15, 2014)
More than one in 10 hospices exceeds its per patient cap. Wondering why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making a big deal out of aggregate cap overpayments when they apply to a minority of hospices? Consider these [...]
- Know Your Facts: Feds Used These Stats To Decide On Your Cap Requirements - (Aug 22, 2014)
More than one in 10 hospices exceeds its per patient cap. Wondering why the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is making a big deal out of aggregate cap overpayments when they apply to a minority of hospices? Consider these [...]
- BILL WATCH - (Oct 24, 2013)
The following House bills were introduced: H.R. 960. A bill to amend part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to consolidate and restate the federal laws relating to the social health maintenance organization projects, to make such [...]
- Physician Notes: AMA Could Develop Its Own Correct Coding Initiative - (Jan 12, 2005)
Are you ready for another layer of coding oversight? The CPT guidelines have always specified some codes that you shouldn't bill together, or codes to bill as add-ons. But now the American Medical Association (AMA) could be going much further. [...]
- Home Care: Home Care Braces For Crackdown On Doc COP - (May 26, 2004)
100% of physician care plan oversight claims denied in preliminary audit.The HHS Office of Inspector General is getting ready to undo the hard work home health agencies have put in on physician care plan oversight. The OIG promised in its fiscal [...]
- Referrals: Brace Yourself For OIG Crackdown On Doc CPO - (May 20, 2004)
100% of physician care plan oversight claims denied in preliminary audit.The HHS Office of Inspector General is getting ready to undo the hard work home health agencies have put in on physician care plan oversight. The OIG promised in its fiscal [...]