The Office of Inspector General (OIG) will be conducting a second round of audits to determine whether acute care hospitals are being inappropriately reimbursed for outpatient services provided to inpatients, according to a recent update to the OIG’s Work Plan.
This week’s Medicare updates include three advisory opinions, billing information for Most Favored Nation model drugs, the January 2021 OPPS update, and more!
Q: The combination of hospitals' financial constraints and the isolation associated with remote work can create low morale within a case managment department. How should case management directors combat these factors?
Your facility’s information security officer has ultimate responsibility for information security policies implemented at your facility. However, everyone has an important role to play in keeping information secure by following policies and procedures.
Hospital coding for pregnancy-related services requires a detailed understanding of the CPT® global obstetric (OB) package and ICD-10-CM coding guidelines for maternal care management. This article details hospital coding for pregnancy and delivery complications and procedures used to treat them.
