Steady gains in compensation despite the industry’s financial challenges may be offset by staffing shortages, according to respondents of HIM Briefings’ 2021 HIM director and manager salary survey.
A policy that UnitedHealthcare was poised to roll out that would have allowed it to retroactively deny ED claims isn’t moving forward yet. But that doesn’t mean case managers shouldn’t prepare for the payer, or others, to implement such policies.
This week's note from the instructor looks at a recent clarification published by CMS on reimbursement for certain provider-based rural health clinics.
Approximately 34.2 million Americans, or 10.5% of the U.S. population, were diagnosed with diabetes in 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Review signs and symptoms of diabetes mellitus types 1 and 2 and ICD-10-CM coding for these conditions.
Case managers need to prepare for a post-public health emergency world by understanding how to continue to work with and transition patients with COVID-19.
