Multidisciplinary rounds can help to improve communication and streamline discharge planning. Technology, when used correctly, can be a useful tool to support those efforts.
Ensure you're on top of the latest ICD-10-CM rules for coding principal diagnoses for newborn encounters, conditions that may be community acquired or due to birth complications, common newborn conditions that are often coded incorrectly, and 2023 codes for newborn apnea that took effect October 1.
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.
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!
