A new CMS requirement calls for case managers to adjust their processes when it comes to patient discharge appeals. CMS announced that it will no longer accept faxes or paper copies of patients’ medical records as of October 1, 2020. Instead, CMS wants everything transmitted electronically.
Q: Our coding team is having trouble understanding the different types of chronic respiratory failure (CRF) and knowing when to suspect its presence when it’s not specifically documented by our physicians. Can you please help us with this?
The governor of a state that is considered to be an epicenter for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) makes a national appeal to physicians and nurses to assist his state during the pandemic. His state has almost 70,000 cases, and half of these cases are in one major city.
This week's note from the instructor addresses the billing, coding, and payment instructions Medicare recently released for potential COVID-19 vaccines and new antibody treatments.
