The expected growth in healthcare expenditures from 2017 to 2026 is expected to outpace the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) by 1%, resulting in an increase in the health share of the GDP from 17.9% in 2016 to 19.7% in 2026, according to a CMS report.
This week’s Medicare updates include a list of new topics proposed for recovery audit contractor review, a final decision memo on a cardiology device NCD, a diagnosis code update for add-on payments for a blood clotting factor, and more!
We are updating our charges in our RHC and we want to make sure we are capturing all of the preventive services that we can perform in our clinic. Along with that, we want to audit the documentation. Where can we find a list of RHC preventive services?
This week’s note explores the newly expanded national targeted probe and educate initiative with a focus on how processes for the program should work and what providers can do to simplify the review period.
Revenue cycle leaders can fall into a trap of merely managing problems that pop up. But the danger with a “fix it” approach is that so many of the challenges in revenue cycle are connected.
