This week’s Medicare updates include a revision to a transmittal on place of service codes for telehealth, an OIG review of outpatient outlier payments, updates to a handful of chapters in the Claims Processing Manual, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include the July 2022 update to the Outpatient Prospective Payment System, the withdrawal of the SUNSET final rule, an updated memo on reporting COVID-19 data for hospitals and critical access hospitals, and more!
OCR released a report on audits it conducted. It found that most CEs failed to meet the requirements for selected provisions in the audit. One of the first steps to improving is learning more about audits and assessments, which are trouble spots for entities.
Coding managers should not assume that they can review every coding guideline, Coding Clinic, or coding-related issue targeted by the Office of Inspector General. Review considerations for conducting focused internal and external audits.