With code updates effective October 1, now is the time to learn more about encephalopathy. Review common forms of encephalopathy and how each should be coded.
This week's note from the instructor explores the Open Payments program and the newly finalized provisions pertaining to it from the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule.
The Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT’s 21st Century Cures Act final rule and CMS’ Interoperability and Patient Access final rule are complex rules that usher in sweeping changes to core HIM tasks: how patient information is accessed and transferred. Learn how to ensure your organization is meeting the new rules.
This week’s Medicare updates include the 2022 End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System Final Rule, a final decision memo on an NCD for transvenous (catheter) pulmonary embolectomy, a notice about provider enrollment application fees, and more!
Interventions to reduce length of stay for high-risk, medically complex, and otherwise vulnerable patients are falling short, according to a technical brief prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
A case manager learns that a soon-to-be discharged patient’s electricity has been turned off for nonpayment and makes arrangements to have the bill paid and power restored. While this is clearly important to the patient’s health, it is also an example of how case managers may be unintentionally violating the law.
