This week’s note is about billing related to Investigational Device Exemption studies. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
This week’s updates include an update to the hospital appeals settlement and several items relating to testing and implementation of ICD-10. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
The good news is that the rate of 30-day readmissions is going down in hospitals across the nation, according to a CMS report. The bad news is that fines are going up. CMS also added some new conditions to its readmission prevention list for 2015.
In October 2014 a record number of hospitals were fined for excessive care transitions. In total, CMS penalized some 2,610 hospitals, and will assess fines between October 2014 and September of this year. Through these penalties, the government has given hospitals sufficient incentive to revamp their processes with an eye on preventing readmissions and improving transitions.
