News & Analysis

Five tips to help your organization defeat denials

August 16, 2023
Case Management Monthly

Every facility wants to prevent denials. But in this short-staffed era, it can be difficult to consistently ensure that claims are accurate. 

Review 2024 ICD-10-CM guideline changes coming to your office soon

August 16, 2023
Briefings on APCs

Terry Tropin, MSHAI, RHIA, CCS-P, reviews the biggest changes to the 2024 ICD-10-CM guidelines and tabular list set to take effect October 1, including deletions of certain COVID-19 screening guidelines, and additional direction for new resistant hypertension and myocardial infarction codes.

HIPAA Q&A: Telehealth challenges, risk assessments, and more

August 16, 2023
Briefings on HIPAA

Rebecca Herold, CDPSE, FIP, CISSP, CIPM, CIPP/US, CIPT, CISM, CISA, FLMI, answers submitted questions on a variety of HIPAA topics.

Evaluate newborn diagnoses, E/M, and other postnatal services in CPT and ICD-10-CM

August 9, 2023
Briefings on APCs

Lori-Lynne A. Webb, CPC, CCS-P, CCP, CHDA, COBGC, writes about coding E/M newborn services, delivery/birthing room attendance, resuscitation services, and circumcision.

Lessons learned from the Yakima Valley snooping breach

August 9, 2023
Briefings on HIPAA

Every click, swipe, and keystroke can lead to a breach in today’s digital healthcare landscape. Robust data protection procedures have never been more critical.

This week in Medicare updates—8/9/2023

August 9, 2023
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the 2024 IPPS final rule, the 2024 Skilled Nursing Facility PPS final rule, a new dementia care model, and more!

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