This week’s updates include updates to HCPCS codes for SNF and ambulance inflation factor for CY 2015. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
CMS' fiscal year 2015 IPPS final rule focuses on quality initiatives mandated by the Affordable Care Act, including updates to the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, and the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program. This quality focus creates a need for increased interdisciplinary collaboration across quality, HIM, risk management, revenue cycle, compliance, and technology.
Imagine the information services department manager tells the HIM director he or she can't outsource transcription or receive reports directly in the EHR without a tremendous amount of manual intervention.
