News & Analysis

November 7, 2018
News & Insights

Most inpatient rehabilitation facility stays might not meet Medicare coverage or documentation requirements and compliance could be improved through a preauthorization process, according to a recent Office of Inspector General report.

November 7, 2018
News & Insights

Q: If a long-term acute hospital or a skilled-nursing facility isn’t necessary for a patient, but staying at home isn’t a plausible or healthy situation, where are some other options for patients to go after a hospital discharge?

November 7, 2018
HIM Briefings

Follow these steps to prepare your hospital for new requirements and reimbursement in 2019.

November 7, 2018
HIM Briefings

Revenue integrity experts weigh in on the 2019 IPPS final rule and CMS' focus on price transparency.

November 6, 2018
News & Insights

A recent study in the Annals of Family Medicine examined the challenges of implementing electronic health (EHR) tools for collecting, reviewing, and acting on social determinants of health data in community health centers.

November 5, 2018
News & Insights

In the 2019 OPPS final rule, released Friday, November 2, CMS implemented several site-neutral payment policies, though the agency did delay or shelve other proposals due to stakeholder feedback. 

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