News & Analysis

January 24, 2018
HIM Briefings

Review the provider documentation and operative report below and consider the ICD-10-CM and CPT® codes to be reported.

January 17, 2018
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the announcement of a new bundled payment model, clarification on CMS’ regulations regarding texting of patient information, notification of the new interest rate for overpayments and underpayments, and more! 

January 4, 2018
Medicare Insider

This week's note reviews guidance from CMS on how to report the new 340B modifiers and discusses how hospitals can create systems and processes to ease implementation of new billing requirements associated with the 340B changes. 

January 3, 2018
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include corrections to the OPPS final rule, clarification of Medicare’s policy regarding texting of patient information between healthcare providers, revisions to rural health clinic guidance, and more! 

January 3, 2018
HIM Briefings

Overall, coding productivity benchmarks haven’t budged from 2016.

January 1, 2018
Briefings on APCs

If ICD-10-CM/PCS is used to its full potential, it will provide greater detail and a more accurate depiction of patient severity. This level of detail is expected to provide more information about the relationship between a provider’s performance and the patient’s condition. 

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