Tip: Make risk management a priority in 2021. You might think that a pandemic would impede HIPAA enforcement, but you’d be wrong. In fact, as COVID-19 hits its third-wave stride, the feds seem to be trending up rather than down. [...]
Industry takes another popular press beating. Day of the week, service setting, location, and ethnicity made a difference when it came to Medicare hospice patients receiving “professional” services at end of life, a new study shows. Of the 661,557 Medicare [...]
Industry takes another popular press beating. Day of the week, service setting, location, and ethnicity made a difference when it came to Medicare hospice patients receiving “professional” services at end of life, a new study shows. Of the 661,557 Medicare [...]
Hint: Distinguish from duodenal ileus to correctly nail the diagnosis. When you begin using ICD-10 codes after Oct.1, 2014, you’ll continue to report a diagnosis of gallstone ileus without much deviation from the way you reported this diagnosis with ICD-9 [...]
Animal Therapy Helpful For Dementia Patients,New Study Shows A new study suggests your patients may benefit from interaction with animals. Therapy animals help to ease aggression and depression in nursing home residents suffering from dementia, according to a study published [...]
OCR Did Not Comply With HIPAA Requirements, Says OIG One governmental agency — the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) — is saying that another agency — the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) — failed to comply with “certain [...]
It’s not just your imagination — you’ve gotten special attention from the ZPICs. One Zone Program Integrity Contractor "received almost $3 million for a completed project specifically examining potential fraud among home health providers," reveals the Government Accountability Office in [...]
Hint: Use different ICD-10 code for a diagnosis of intussusception of the appendix When your clinician diagnoses intussusception of the colon under ICD-10, you can rest easy, as you’ll find selecting a code is similar to the way you report [...]
Hint: Distinguish from gallstone ileus or duodenal ileus to correctly nail the diagnosis. When your gastroenterologist diagnoses paralytic ileus, you’ll be relieved to know that there is not much variation in the way you’ll report this diagnosis using ICD-10 codes [...]
Hint: Distinguish from gallstone ileus or duodenal ileus to correctly nail the diagnosis. When your gastroenterologist diagnoses paralytic ileus, you’ll be relieved to know that there is not much variation in the way you’ll report this diagnosis using ICD-10 codes [...]
