This week’s Medicare updates include the January 2023 OPPS update transmittal, a proposed rule on interoperability and improving prior authorization processes, billing instructions for home or residence services, and more!
In September, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its fall 2022 data for enforcement. Covered entities (CE) and business associates (BA) can review this data to determine areas that most commonly trigger enforcement on behalf of the government’s regulator for the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules.
Those in charge of overseeing HIPAA compliance at their healthcare organizations need to have a firm understanding of privacy laws outside of the healthcare arena.
In October, a man shot and killed a hospital social worker and nurse at Methodist Dallas Medical Center before being shot by police and taken into custody. It marks yet another high-profile violent incident in healthcare.
Coding and billing professionals must ensure that medical record information is accurate, up to date, and compliant. In this article, Holly Cassano, CPC, CRC, defines late entries, corrections, and addendums, and explains the proper methods used to alter health records while maintaining Medicare compliance.
This week’s Medicare updates include instructions on billing CAR T-Cell therapy in a physician office, revisions to an MLN booklet on Medicare coverage for power mobility devices, an implementation transmittal for the FY 2023 IPPS, and more!
