News & Analysis

June 21, 2017
Medicare Web

Prioritization and time management are crucial when it comes to leading a revenue integrity department. Kimberly Yelton, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer, and director of revenue integrity at WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina, told NAHRI about her experience with this when planning and following through with department initiatives.

June 14, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the elimination of routine reviews including documentation compliance reviews and instituting three medical reviews; new guidance for outpatient facility claims; standardization of demand letter language; and more!

June 14, 2017
Medicare Web

Tasked with the impossible—reviewing 100% of charges before they go out the door—the revenue integrity department at Yale New Haven Health in New Haven, Connecticut, knows the importance of having a reliable staff to get the job done right.

June 6, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the July 2017 update to the Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System; the Spring 2017 Semiannual Report to Congress; a new Targeted Probe and Educate Pilot; and more!

May 31, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week's note discusses reimbursement for “nonexcepted” provider-based departments.

May 30, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include National Coverage Analysis for Supervised Exercise Therapy for Symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease; ICD-10 coding revisions to National Coverage Determinations; the July 2017 OPPS quarterly update; and more!

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