News & Analysis

May 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

The ears--more formally, the auditory system--have their own chapter in ICD-10-CM, no longer relegated to the end of the neurology codes. Codes in Chapter 8, Diseases of the Ear and Mastoid Process (H60-H95), are located between the chapters for the optical system and the circulatory system.

April 29, 2014
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about coding, billing, and payment for skin substitute products. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.

April 15, 2014
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about updated CMS guidelines for proper billing of discarded outpatient drugs. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.  

April 8, 2014
Medicare Insider

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April 1, 2014
Medicare Insider

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April 1, 2014
Briefings on HIPAA

Rick Ensenbach, CISSP-ISSMP, CISA, CISM, CCSFP, has one word for the HIPAA breach posted to OCR's wall of shame at the close of 2013: depressing.

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