News & Analysis

November 17, 2017
Case Management Monthly

Catastrophic hurricanes, mass shootings, and devastating wildfires—this autumn brought disasters that affected many regions of the country, which should have prompted organizations to consider how well equipped they are to handle such events.

November 16, 2017
Medicare Web

Q: It is my understanding that we can make PHI disclosures using our EHR for payment/treatment/healthcare operations without a consent and that we do not need to track these requests for an accounting of disclosures. Has this changed?

November 16, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is the third in a series of articles examining coding, billing, and payment rules for rural health clinics.

November 15, 2017
HIM Briefings

Currently, there are no national guidelines for how facilities should assign evaluation and management (E/M) levels in the emergency department (ED). Under Medicare’s ambulatory payment classification (APC) system, facilities create their own internal guidelines for determining the ED visit level, and each facility must follow its own system to demonstrate compliance.

November 15, 2017
Medicare Web

Q: What should my staff focus on when conducting case management patient assessments?

November 15, 2017
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include new hospital appeals settlement options, revisions involving the addition and deletion of ICD-10-CM codes from certain NCDs, details on the partial settlement of a 2-Midnight policy court case, and more! 

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