News & Analysis

September 1, 2014
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

OCR recently slapped two organizations with the largest monetary penalty for HIPAA violations to date: $4.8 million.

September 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

CMS wants your thoughts on the 2015 OPPS proposed rule changes. In various places in the proposed rule, CMS specifically asks providers to comment on the proposals. You may submit comments to the agency until September 2.

September 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

Our experts answer questions about dual coding and CMS' schedule for updating payment rates.

September 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

As the largest organ in the body, the skin is subject to a number of diseases and conditions. With ICD-10-CM, coders will report these conditions with a much higher degree of specificity.

September 1, 2014
Briefings on APCs

Modifier -25 (significant, separately identifiable E/M service by the same physician on the day of a procedure) is used to distinguish visits from procedures on the same day.

It is not used to distinguish observation from a visit service on the same day.

August 26, 2014
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include updates to the ambulatory surgical center payment system and revisions of IPPS. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.

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