This week's note from the instructor discusses the circumstances surrounding a bill introduced in Congress in March that would include observation care in the three-day stay requirement for skilled nursing facility (SNF) coverage.
This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the 2020 ICD-10-CM codes, new voluntary appeals settlement options for inpatient rehabilitation facilities, updated instructions for organ transplant programs, and more!
Most proposed solutions to surprise medical bills will negatively affect provider organizations, according to a Moody’s Investors Report released June 20. However, even in the absence of a solution, the growing awareness of the scope and impact of surprise medical bills will harm providers’ relationships with patients.
The current interprofessional climate in healthcare begs for collaborative approaches to identify and address a fresh generation of meaningful outcome measures. Given case managers’ wide lens of the client care process, they are in a prime position to lead this effort.
