Plus: CenterWell snaps up Florida chain from PE firm. One of the nation’s largest home health chains is merging with home infusion powerhouse Option Care Inc. Amedisys Inc. and Option Care “have entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine [...]
Remember the answers to these nine questions to protect your practice and patients. Following HIPAA rules isn’t always possible during a natural disaster, and that’s why authorities allow for some relaxation of the rules during an emergency. But that doesn’t [...]
Remember, HIPAA applies to volunteers, too. When a natural disaster strikes, the last thing on your employees’ minds is whether they’ve followed HIPAA correctly. And that’s why certain regulations allow for relaxation of the Rules during emergencies. Now: The Department [...]
Question: I live in an area that is hit by hurricanes, and I want to be able to help patients when other providers may need their protected health information, but I want to remain compliant with HIPAA. Are there emergency [...]
Know these updates to juvenile osteochrondosis and arthritis coding. 2021 ICD-10-CM changes relevant to orthopedic coding will go into effect Oct. 1, 2020. Use the next few weeks to become comfortable with the changes before you need to implement them [...]
Code sets get major upgrade in new Dx book. ICD-10 2021 will feature three major revisions to codes representing juvenile osteochondrosis (JO), and more than a dozen new codes to provide a more detailed picture of the patient’s injury via [...]
Review the 1135 Waiver specifics for HIPAA questions after a disaster. Pocket this who, what, when, where, and why of a Public Health Emergency (PHE) and how to address HIPAA for times of need. WHO: After the President of the [...]
Don’t count on a suspension, but know your leeway when these particular circumstances apply. The only situation in which the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule provisions could be suspended are if the President of the United [...]
Payer policies will differ for these services. When a patient reports to the PM specialist for a paravertebral facet joint injection in the cervical/thoracic or lumbar/sacral areas, you'll report the service with one or more of the following codes, depending [...]
Remember, not all payers have identical approved diagnoses. When a patient reports to the PM specialist for a paravertebral facet joint injection in the cervical/thoracic or lumbar/sacral areas, you'll report the service with one or more of the following codes, [...]
