News & Analysis

August 10, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include an update to inpatient psychiatric facilities PPS (IPF PPS) FY 2017; a Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) region announcement; and more!

August 3, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include a notice of proposed rulemaking for bundled payment models for high-quality, coordinated cardiac and hip fracture care; FY 2017 rate update for inpatient psychiatric facilities PPS; and more!

August 2, 2016
Medicare Web

What is a benchmark for conversion rates from observation to inpatient status?

July 26, 2016
Medicare Web

What does it mean when a service is nonreportable for a patient in observation?

July 26, 2016
Medicare Web

Hospitals with a decline in admission rates often experience a decline in 30-day readmission rates, according to a recent Health Affairs study.

July 22, 2016
Medicare Web

CMS recently released the 2017 ICD-10-PCS code updates and guidelines, which include changes to certain root operations. Of the updates, the most notable modifications are the addition of root operation Perfusion, and edits to the current definitions of Control and Creation.

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