This week’s Medicare updates include the release of FY 2017 Dialysis Facility Reports and End Stage Renal Disease Core Survey Materials; the Denial of Home Health Payments When Required Patient Assessment Is Not Received; a Quality Payment Program fact sheet, and more!
Just like the lyrics to the popular Gap Band song say, "You dropped a bomb on me… I won't forget it," there are definitely some changes in the 2017 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting that some of us may wish the Cooperating Parties will forget were ever mentioned.
Orders for services are a vital component of ensuring Medicare coverage. With the advent of computerized provider order entry (CPOE), it is important to review order templates in the electronic medical record (EMR) and the resulting order produced or printed in the formal legal medical record to ensure the templates meet requirements.
This week’s Medicare updates include Fiscal Year 2017 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Care Hospital PPS Changes; Revisions to State Operations Manual for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and Swing-Beds in CAHs; and more!
