This week's note from the instructor explores the requirements for reporting clinical laboratory commercial and Medicare Advantage payment data to CMS.
Case managers face countless challenges when dealing with end-of-life care, and with less than 50% of Medicare beneficiaries utilizing hospice programming, changes had to be made.
In this month's HIPAA Q&A, our expert answers questions on shared insurance policies, posting thank-you notes in employee-only areas, referrals to Part 2 facilities, and more!
The April 2019 OPPS quarterly update reassigned specific skin substitute products from the low-cost group to the high-cost group, and clarified billing and reporting for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy procedures performed in the outpatient setting.
A bipartisan group of over a dozen senators called on HHS Secretary Alex Azar to change privacy protections related to substance abuse patients' health records.
Case managers often run into questions when performing their daily duties. Sometimes they’re related to best practice, and other times they’re related to regulatory issues.
This week's note from the instructor explores the requirements for reporting clinical laboratory commercial and Medicare Advantage payment data to CMS.
Q: I work in patient registration at a hospital. A patient asked if they could have something in their medical record changed. I know that patients can request to see their whole medical record, but can they change it? What does HIPAA allow?
This week’s Medicare updates include several new additions to the OIG Work Plan, the April 2019 Outpatient Prospective Payment System update, corrections to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule, and more!
