The National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity’s (NAHRI) 2018 Revenue Integrity Symposium is a great opportunity to learn from and network with peers. There are many interesting and timely topics to be covered. I’m looking forward to many of my colleagues’ presentations and it’s difficult to single out just one; I’m also very excited about the sessions I’m participating in.
This week’s Medicare updates include an MLN Booklet on billing and payment policies for global surgery packages, a reminder on edit requirements for non-OPPS providers, new guidance on swing-bed requirements, and more!
Last month, Governor Brown of California signed bill AB 456 into law, which will remove some of the barriers in place that prevented social workers from providing services upon graduating with a master’s degree in social work.
HIPAA covered entities that maintain poor policies and procedures related to HIPAA compliance—those that are unfinished in draft form, not updated in years, and basically not followed to the letter—have cost them dearly.
Hospital administrators often look at case managers when a patient stay exceeds targets. Length of stay is seen as case management’s responsibility—even though the factors that extend patient stays are often out of their control.
The plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against Premera Blue Cross over a 2015 data breach now allege that the health insurance company destroyed key evidence, according to new documents filed in August.