The number of patients using Medicare Advantage (MA) is rapidly growing, making Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCCs) an increasingly important concept for revenue cycle staff to understand in order to guarantee reimbursement.
I am updating the notice of privacy practices and accounting of disclosures policy for my organization. Do any of the new, finalized rules indicate that the accounting of disclosures covers disclosures for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations?
Last month, CMM outlined the new CMS 2014 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) guidelines, which revised inpatient admission standards (see correction on p. 4). This month we're going to offer some tips to assist you to help physicians document accurately, and inform you about some other changes that will affect the way case managers do business when it comes to meeting the new standard.
Physicians and nurses tell patients how to take their medications before they leave the hospital. But many patients find these instructions confusing and may not really understand what medications they're taking, why they are taking them, or how to take them properly. The result: They take the medications incorrectly-or not at all-and end up back in the hospital.
