Q: Do you have any advice for organizations to ensure they're meeting three-day inpatient stay requirements for discharging patients to skilled nursing facilities (SNF)?
Eighty-four hospitals may have received incorrect payments for discharges on or after October 1 due to errors in the hospital wage-index table published in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) pricer, according to CMS.
This week’s Medicare updates include details on repayments to outpatient clinic visits at excepted off-campus provider-based departments, a new ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder, an article on home infusion therapy billing, and more!
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached a settlement with Korunda Medical LLC, a Florida-based company, on December 11 for a potential violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s right-of-access provision.
