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The HIM impact of burden reduction rules

April 8, 2020
HIM Briefings

Recent regulations have greatly eased some administrative burdens. Explore how these changes affect HIM and how to ensure that your organization is in compliance.

This week in Medicare updates—4/8/2020

April 8, 2020
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include revised guidance on billing for professional telehealth services during the public health emergency, updated provider-specific fact sheets on waivers and flexibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, revised guidance on EMTALA compliance for COVID-19, and more! 

Q&A: Billing for DSMT provided via telehealth

April 7, 2020
News & Insights

Q: Can a hospital bill for a nutritionist and a dietitian deliver diabetes self-management training (DSMT) via telehealth on a UB claim? Nutritionists and dietitians are on the list of distant site practitioners, although registered nurses are not.

Examining changes to HIPAA during the COVID-19 public health emergency

April 6, 2020
Briefings on HIPAA

Healthcare facilities across the world are faced with myriad challenges as they aim to diagnose and treat cases of COVID-19. HHS and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) have instituted several changes during the nationwide public health emergency, some of which modify HIPAA laws and directly impact healthcare organizations around the country.

Q&A: Determining the dates of service

April 6, 2020
News & Insights

Q: How do we determine the "from" date (form locator [FL] 6) on the UB-04?

Complex case: A patient with a long LOS returns after 30 days

April 3, 2020
Case Management Monthly

It’s Monday morning and case manager Kim is sitting in her office. She starts her day by printing her patient care unit census. She reads through each of the patient names on the census when one catches her attention.

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