News & Analysis

January 3, 2018
HIM Briefings

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

January 1, 2018
Briefings on APCs

CMS' 340B FAQ reviews modifiers -JG (drug or biological acquired with 340B drug pricing program discount) and -TB (drug or biological acquired with 340B drug pricing program discount, reported for informational purposes) and requires 340B hospitals to report modifiers even on drugs that are not subject to the discount policy.

December 27, 2017
HIM Briefings

CDI review teams can get bogged down and discouraged by routine. A CDI manager should be visible, positive, and combat team complancency and routine fatigue.

December 27, 2017
HIM Briefings

Coding experts take a look at changes to ICD-10-PCS, including guideline updates, the addition of “other devices” characters, and new tables added for root operation Replacement.

December 27, 2017
HIM Briefings

Three major types of payer record reviews are conducted every year: The Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), Medicare Risk Adjustment, and Commercial Risk Adjustment. As the volume of payer and health plan reviews continues to climb, millions of patient records are requested.

December 25, 2017
Briefings on HIPAA

This month's security Q&A answers readers' questions on incidental disclosures, sending protected health information in the mail, and addressing vulnerabilities identified in a risk analysis.

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