This week’s note is about new rules regarding contractors up coding or down coding. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
This week’s updates include removal of multiple NCDs and the quarterly update to the CCI edits. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s note is about MLN Matters’ recent “Preventative Services” Educational Tool. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
If your department is looking for a new case manager, the stakes can be high. Hiring the wrong person can result in lost time, money, and productivity. Find the right fit the first time by following some simple strategies that help you move past the candidate's paper persona and get a better picture of how he or she will perform in a real-life setting.
This January, CMS expanded its readmissions prevention program, adding two more procedures to its list of conditions for which hospitals can be penalized if patients with the conditions are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. To prevent these readmissions, hospitals and case managers need to understand the factors that drive them.
