What are the requirements for compliantly using condition code 44 to change a patient’s status?
This week’s Medicare updates include Fiscal Year 2017 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long Term Care Hospital PPS Changes; Revisions to State Operations Manual for Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) and Swing-Beds in CAHs; and more!
This week’s note from the instructor discusses corrections to the FY2017 IPPS final rule.
Can hospitals report more than 48 hours of observation services?
This week’s note from the instructor discusses CMS’ new Quality Payment Program.
Is it appropriate for a critical access hospital hospital to bill with Type of Bill (TOB) 013X versus TOB 085X, or are they only to bill with 085X?