Today’s HIM professional needs to understand the various programs and the impact that coding and documentation may have on an organization’s performance. By 2018, 50% of Medicare payments will be tied to value-based alternative payment models.
Most of us are familiar with ICD-10-CM through picking codes from a list in our EHRs or perusing a printed code book. Allow me to suggest that unless we understand the coding rules in the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, we may mistakenly pick the wrong code, leading to a potential false claim.
Information security officers often have their hands full with HIPAA. But as high-deductible health plans have patients paying more out of pocket, it’s time organizations took a closer look at another set of cybersecurity guidance: the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
It’s been a challenging year for HIPAA compliance. OCR levied more than $20 million in breach settlement fines. Ransomware rocked the healthcare industry.
CMS made certain concessions from its proposed site-neutral payment policies required by Section 603 of the Bipartisan Budget Act, but it is still moving forward with implementation January 1, 2017, according to the 2017 OPPS final rule.
