This week’s Medicare updates include proposed rules for the inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system, skilled nursing facility prospective payment system, and the hospice payment rate update.
Q: One of the biggest challenges for case management directors is gaining the physician’s cooperation with documentation as they continue to face high patient volumes. What approaches should be taken to get physicians on the same page as case management directors?
Hacking incidents in healthcare increased dramatically as organizations dealt with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic throughout 2020, according to a recent report from Protenus, a Baltimore-based healthcare analytics company.
As ransomware attacks and phishing attempts persist in the age of the coronavirus (COVID-19), healthcare organizations have correctly poured many resources into combatting these attacks. However, as always, cybercriminals are finding new ways to access protected health information (PHI).
Q: We have a patient admitted for COVID-19 who is now showing signs of cytokine release syndrome (CRS). Can you give our team more information on symptoms or clinical indicators for CRS as well as any ICD-10-CM coding advice?
