News & Analysis

Note from the instructor: Update on laboratory billing: new 2-midnight guidance

March 11, 2014
Medicare Insider

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Note from the instructor: Billing Outpatient Laboratory Services - TOB 131 vs. TOB 141

March 4, 2014
Medicare Insider

 

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HIPAA Q&A: Return-to-work notes, emergency contacts, and record snooping

March 1, 2014
HIM Briefings

Q: I am a registered nurse who received treatment for a health problem in the ED of the hospital that employs me.

Professional and educational advancement for HIM

March 1, 2014
HIM Briefings

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, and as its systems and processes become more sophisticated, so must its professionals.

A look at dual coding methods and cost justification

March 1, 2014
HIM Briefings

With the biggest change to the coding world just around the corner, dual coding in ICD-9 and ICD-10 is one task that should be at the top of everyone’s list of implementation priorities.

The evolving role of the UR committee

March 1, 2014
HIM Briefings

The role of the utilization review (UR) committee has changed as facilities transition from reporting condition code 44 for concurrent reviews to condition code W2 for post-discharge reviews.

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