Separate payment for nonhospice items gets more attention. A new joint report from the Department of Justice and HHS Office of Inspector General shows home health and hospice agencies remain firmly in the feds’ crosshairs. In the Health Care Fraud [...]
The Health Resources and Services Administration has released another round of Provider Relief Fund payments, this time more than $1.75 billion to 3,680 providers. “With this disbursement, HRSA has distributed approximately $13.5 billion from the Provider Relief Fund to nearly [...]
Watch out if you carry a heavy managed care patient load. How you currently handle hospitalizations, PEPs and readmissions will determine how much a new F2F clarification burdens you in the new year. In the 2015 home health prospective payment [...]
HHAs serving a high number of outlier patients under the prospective payment system may see their resources diminished further, if the HHS Office of Inspector General gets its way.In a recent report, the OIG highlighted questionable billing statistics (see Eli's [...]
Stimulus bill isn't preventing cuts to vital programs. Florida state legislators are trimming home care services to rein in the budget. Lawmakers have cut 4 percent of the $13.3 million budget for the state's Alzheimer's Disease Initiative, which provides in-home [...]
Question: A patient presents to the ED complaining of a new painful mass on his left shoulder blade. During the course of a level-two E/M, the physician diagnoses a single carbuncle, which he then incises and drains. How should I [...]
Question: A new patient presents to the internist complaining of a new painful mass on his left shoulder blade. During the course of a level-two E/M, the internist diagnoses a single carbuncle, which he then incises and drains. How should [...]
FAQ addresses coding conventions for wound care Patients who present to the ED or wound clinic for debridement pose a challenge for coders because there are misconceptions floating around about how to properly assign active wound care management (AWCM) codes [...]
FAQ addresses coding conventions for wound care Patients who present to your practice for debridement pose a challenge for coders because there are misconceptions floating around about how to properly assign active wound care management (AWCM) codes 97597-97598. Add to [...]
FAQ addresses coding conventions for wound carePatients who present to your practice for debridement pose a challenge for coders because there are misconceptions floating around about how to properly assign active wound care management (AWCM) codes 97597-97598.Add to that the [...]
