Eighty-four hospitals may have received incorrect payments for discharges on or after October 1 due to errors in the hospital wage-index table published in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) pricer, according to CMS.
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached a settlement with Korunda Medical LLC, a Florida-based company, on December 11 for a potential violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s right-of-access provision.
Q: We have a patient who was admitted for an ablation procedure in order to treat his atrial fibrillation (AF). How should we report this in ICD-10-PCS?
