If you're looking to reduce your readmissions-and let's face it, who isn't these days?-it may be time to take some tips from organizations that have had success.
High-risk Medicaid patients who received transitional support after hospital discharge were 20% less likely to wind up back in the hospital during the following year, according to a new study.
By now you've probably gotten a good look at the 2014 IPPS Final Rule changes to the inpatient admission guidelines, which CMS released in August. It's time to put these changes into practice.
Coders select E/M levels based on criteria developed by their organization. CMS has proposed a significant change to E/M coding-replacing the current 20 E/M levels for new patients, existing patients, and ED visits with three G codes-but that change would only apply to Medicare patients and only to the facility side.
With some major changes in look and form-but generally adhering to existing guidelines-coding for neoplasms serves as a microcosm of the changes providers will face when the transition to ICD-10-CM occurs October 1, 2014.
