Boys Town National Research Hospital, in Omaha, Nebraska, announced July 20 that it had discovered a data security incident that may have affected the personal health information of 105,309 individuals.
A case manager on a busy medical-surgical unit is facing an end-of-life case. The patient is an immigrant from Chile with limited Medicaid. As the hospital stay continues and his clinical condition worsens, it becomes clear that he has little time left. How can the case manager work with the patient and family to fulfill the patient’s end-of-life wishes?
This week's note from the instructor reviews ways to stay compliant when billing for infusions and what role the revenue cycle leadership can play in overseeing the billing process for these services.
CMS’ 2019 OPPS proposed rule continues the agency’s efforts to enforce site-neutral payments and reduce drug payments by introducing policies to reduce reimbursement for hospital outpatient clinic visits at off-campus, provider-based departments (PBD) and expanding last year’s payment reductions for drugs purchased under the 340B discount pricing program by nonexcepted PBDs.
