HIM directors’ and managers’ salaries have largely held steady, but the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is making itself felt. Learn how your salary compares to your peers’ and what you can do to improve your earning power in the future.
Judith L. Kares, JD, writes about the unique coverage, billing, and payment rules that apply to these blood products and related services under Part B.
Casey is on her way to the closest emergency department (ED). She is ill and has felt this way for the past nine days. Her symptoms resemble those associated with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Q: We have a patient who gave birth while admitted for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). How should this be reported and sequenced in ICD-10-CM and which MS-DRG would this be assigned to?
This week's note from the instructor discusses the new home infusion therapy (HIT) benefit and how it could help in the continuum of care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Q: When informing first responders that they have been in contact with a COVID-19–positive patient, is it sufficient to merely tell them that one of their patients ended up testing positive? Or does the name of the patient need to be provided?
