This month's column is all about data--the importance of providers reporting accurate and complete data, as well as CMS having complete, accurate, and consistent data to compute future payment rates.
This week’s updates include identifying "No Documentation" medical necessity denials for claims flagged for Recovery Auditor review; Shared System Enhancement 2015 Analysis and Design HUOPCUT hospice period and Health Maintenance Organization processing; and more!
On November 16, 2015, CMS released a final rule that bundles acute-care payments for knee and hip replacement surgeries, the most common type of inpatient surgeries for Medicare beneficiaries, with some 400,000 performed in 2004.
