This week’s Medicare updates include new condition tracks for the ACCESS Model, information on Health Professional Shortage Area bonuses for 2027, and more!
Thyroid disorders challenge outpatient hospital coders because the record often contains symptoms, laboratory values, medications, imaging findings, and surgical history before it contains a clear final diagnosis. Those clues can help a coder understand the encounter, but they do not authorize the coder to diagnose the patient.
This week’s Medicare updates include recent fraudulent billing activity among certain DMEPOS suppliers, a final decision memo on coverage of transcatheter aortic valve replacements, and more!
