Will new regulations hinder innovation? On Oct. 30, 2023, President Joseph Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) and invoked the Defense Production Act to establish standards for safe and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) use in healthcare and other industries. Tech [...]
Plus: Period for non-billing before deactivation will get cut by half. Hospices aren’t the only provider types who have to worry about beefed up enrollment procedures in the newest home health rule. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services includes [...]
Expect typical processing time for appeals decisions to exceed 540 days. Due to the overwhelming receipt levels and already huge backlog of Medicare claims appeals, don’t hold your breath when you’re waiting for the HHS Office of Medicare Hearings and [...]
Expect typical processing time for appeals decisions to exceed 540 days. Due to the overwhelming receipt levels and already huge backlog of Medicare claims appeals, don’t hold your breath when you’re waiting for the HHS Office of Medicare Hearings and [...]
Expect typical processing time for appeals decisions to exceed 540 days. Due to the overwhelming receipt levels and already huge backlog of Medicare claims appeals, don’t hold your breath when you’re waiting for the HHS Office of Medicare Hearings and [...]
Expect average processing time for appeals decisions to exceed 540 days. Due to the overwhelming receipt levels and already huge backlog of Medicare claims appeals, don’t hold your breath when you’re waiting for the HHS Office of Medicare Hearings and [...]
Heads up: You have more options besides 44955. You may consider appendectomy as a bundled service with other procedures, but you may be wrong. Appendectomy is separately reportable based on the diagnosis and the physician’s decision and you are forfeiting [...]
Heed peritonitis while coding for acute appendicitis. As you explore ICD-10 options for appendicitis, remember to emphasize detailed documentation that lets you pinpoint the exact site of pathology and the diagnosis. “While we can all recognize the need for more [...]
The ‘other’ appendicitis codes are expanded and more precise. If coding appendicitis is commonplace for you and you’ve been worried about big changes with ICD-10, you can stop worrying. The update is minor, just more detailed. The transition to ICD-10 [...]
Other diseases of appendix get more accuracy from next year. Think of a gastroenterology practice and you get visions of patients with abdominal pain. Abdominal pain most commonly translates to appendicitis, so understanding how to report appendicitis will reduce your [...]
