Discover which code pairs are now open to separate payment. Medicare recently added more than 700 National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Procedure-to-Procedure practitioner edits that apply to lab coding, and the proprietary laboratory analyses (PLA) codes are the star of [...]
Nonprofit hospices are on the move. As a large health system shuts down its hospice operations in Arizona, a publicly traded chain builds its presence in the state. The Pennant Group Inc. has acquired Southwestern Palliative Care and Hospice in [...]
Plus: One state claimed more than $50 million in unallowable PCA services, OIG report charges. Both federal and state authorities are getting ever-more-serious about combatting fraud in Medicaid home health programs, as shown by a flurry of enforcement activity in [...]
Look to the guidelines for all the info you need. On Oct. 1, more than 1,700 ICD-10-CM code changes went into effect. Benefit: With these changes, you can now better report a patient’s social determinants of health (SDoH). Additionally, a [...]
Look to the guidelines for all the info you need. On Oct. 1, more than 1,700 ICD-10-CM code changes went into effect. Benefit: With these changes, you can now better report a patient’s social determinants of health (SDoH). Additionally, a [...]
Look beyond the codes to the guidelines for all the info you need. On October 1, more than 1,700 ICD-10-CM code changes went into effect. Many of those changes allow you to now better report a patient’s social determinants of [...]
Look beyond the codes to the guidelines for all the info you need. On October 1, more than 1,700 ICD-10-CM code changes went into effect. Many of those changes allow you to now better report a patient’s social determinants of [...]
Report 92943 and +92944 for chronic total occlusion. In the session “Cardiovascular Pathophysiology Diagnostics and Therapeutic Procedures” during Regional HEALTHCON 2022, speaker Tyler Griffeth, CPC, CPRC, coding consultant at Intermountain Healthcare, discussed many types of cardiovascular diseases and treatment options. [...]
And learn all about the new ICD-10-CM codes and guidelines for 2023. ICD-10-CM 2023 contains more than 1,700 coding changes with more than 1,400 new diagnosis codes, all of which will become effective on Oct. 1, 2022! A number of [...]
Staffing woes apply to nearly everyone — including publicly traded companies. The U.S.’s labor shortage is nothing new, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t still a huge headache for hospice providers. Small and medium agencies may find comfort in knowing [...]
