Hint: Don’t reveal PHI in response to a poor Google review. General compliance issues plague everyone in the healthcare industry, and doctors and their supporting colleagues and practices need to be especially aware of the hot spots. State and federal [...]
Sending political campaign emails and revealing PHI in response to a Google review are a few of the no-nos that have cost providers nearly $200K so far this year. Home health and hospice agencies have a million industry-specific burdens on [...]
Caution: Expect Right of Access compliance to remain a fixture in 2022. With the feds focused on COVID-19, cybersecurity, and policy turnarounds, you may have thought HIPAA privacy isn’t as important anymore — think again. Four recent resolutions prove that [...]
CCI 2019 adds biopsy, care management, and psych test codes to the list. With 45,727 additions, 19,729 deletions, and 41 changes, the latest round of National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits, effective January 1, was a lot to handle. Space [...]
CCI 2019 adds biopsy, care management, and psych test codes to the list. With 45,727 additions, 19,729 deletions, and 41 changes, the latest round of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits, effective January 1, was a lot to handle. Space and [...]
CCI adds 2019 biopsy, care management, and psych test codes to list. With 45,727 additions, 19,729 deletions, and 41 changes, the latest round of Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits, effective January 1, was a lot to handle. Space and time [...]
Keep up to date with weekend survey focus, California fire waivers, and more … Due to the November wild fires in California, some California facilities may be eligible to take advantage of waivers intended to prevent gaps in care and [...]
Watch for shorter time thresholds. There will be 727 changes to the CPT® code set in 2017, with 148 additions, 81 deletions and 498 revisions to CPT® coding in 2017. Now’s the time to bone up on the changes most [...]
ICD-10 has simplified reporting for bunions and hallux valgus. Don’t let anatomic terminology trip up your foot and ankle claims. As long as you know the specifics of each condition in this category, you too can code foot and ankle [...]
From the finger to the wrist, these microsurgeries can be troubling to bill. You might consider yourself an orthopedic coding expert, but when that occasional hand surgery report comes across your desk, things might not be so simple. Check out [...]
