News & Analysis

June 12, 2019
Medicare Web

On June 11, CMS published a Request for Information (RFI) as part of its Patients Over Paperwork initiative to collect public input on ways to reduce unnecessary administrative and regulatory burden.

June 12, 2019
HIM Briefings

Inpatient rehabilitation facility documentation compliance is coming under scrutiny. Learn how you can improve processes, strengthen compliance, and avoid costly audits.

June 5, 2019
Medicare Web

The new instructions replace those issued via the April update to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

June 5, 2019
HIM Briefings

Put CMS’ proposed changes in perspective to see the bigger picture. Comments are due June 24, so hospitals will need to conduct a careful analysis to determine the impact of the proposed changes and submit specific feedback.

June 1, 2019
Briefings on APCs

If you only bill using the CMS-1500 claim form, then you’ve probably never seen a revenue code. But if you need to bill for facilities, you know revenue codes play an important communicative role between providers and insurers. UB-04 claim forms sent to an insurance company without a revenue code associated with each charge will be rejected.

June 1, 2019
Briefings on APCs

The NCCI manual can be a powerful tool for revenue cycle staff to understand the intricacies of CMS modifier rules and Medicare edits.

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