News & Analysis

January 25, 2018
Medicare Insider

This week's note delves into how to document time on claims for care management services provided in a rural health clinic and compares the new types of care management services for 2018. 

January 24, 2018
HIM Briefings

Review the provider documentation and operative report below and consider the ICD-10-CM and CPT® codes to be reported.

January 24, 2018
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the January 2018 edition of the Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter, an update to the OIG work plan, the 2018 Value Modifier results, and more! 

January 22, 2018
Briefings on HIPAA

Everyone is familiar with the words “privacy” and “security,” but what do these terms mean to the experts, and what is the relationship between privacy and security?

January 19, 2018
Case Management Monthly

The 2-midnight rule was designed to simplify decisions on whether to order inpatient or outpatient observation services for patients and to reduce the volume of observation cases. However, some hospitals and healthcare systems have reported that the rule has actually increased confusion around level of care, without lowering observation volumes.

January 18, 2018
Medicare Insider

This week's note examines the intricacies of the BPCI Advanced payment model, a new voluntary bundled payment model set to go live in October. 

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