January 11, 2017
News & Insights

Q: We have one older radiology machine that still uses film. We are working on replacing it and don’t use it very much. Is there anything special that we need to do when reporting studies done on “old faithful”?

January 5, 2017
News & Insights

Q. Are we required to use encryption on all email, or only email that contains PHI?

December 1, 2016
Briefings on APCs

Our experts answer questions related to ICD-10-CM weeks of gestation coding, determing covered observation services, and more. 

December 21, 2016
News & Insights

Q: We just finished our annual CPT® review for our chargemaster changes and we noticed that there are new moderate sedation codes for 2017. The code descriptions are similar, but now we don’t know when we should report the moderate sedation. Moderate sedation has run the gamut from instructions to "report separately" and “don’t report separately,” and we don’t know what to do at this point.

December 14, 2016
News & Insights

Q: Is CMS changing the process for paying for pass-through items for 2017?

 

December 7, 2016
News & Insights

Q: Are there any devices left with pass-through status for 2017?

November 30, 2016
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November 28, 2016
News & Insights

Q: How do we determine if a patient’s pneumonia is community acquired or not? What documentation should we look for to support this?

November 23, 2016
News & Insights

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