This week’s Medicare updates include FAQs on market-based MS-DRG relative weights, Opioid Treatment Program provider enrollment updates, two new decision memos on NCDs, and more!
The Most Favored Nation (MFN) model interim final rule should be withdrawn immediately, the American Hospital Association (AHA) said in a January 25 letter to CMS.
Q: What are the encryption requirements when using Google Drive™, Dropbox®, or other information-storing applications? How do we ensure HIPAA compliance when using them?
Case management directors across the country are facing different situations when it comes to case manager recruitment and retention. There is wide variation in how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted hospitals and case management departments.
Q: Is there ICD-10-CM sequencing guidance for a patient who had a hemorrhagic stroke and then a seizure without a pre-existing seizure disorder? Would it be appropriate to report epilepsy, and are there any inclusion terms we should be aware of?
