News & Analysis

January 1, 2013
Briefings on APCs

Hospitals earned a big win with drug payments this year in the 2013 OPPS final rule, released November 1. CMS decided to finalize its proposal to follow the statute and reimburse facilities at the average sales price (ASP) plus 6%.

January 1, 2013
Briefings on APCs

Our coding experts answer your questions about reporting fetal ultrasound codes, bell curve for E/M visits, and billing for wasted drugs.

January 1, 2013
Strategies for Healthcare Compliance

Despite efforts to prevent data breaches in healthcare, they continue to cause alarm. Almost 20 million patient health records have been ­compromised in the past two years, according to statistics from HHS.

December 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

It's December, the end of a long 2012 for you and your HIM staff. Whether you have 50 coders or five, you may be putting the final touches on an end-of-the-year celebration.

December 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

If you've listened to OCR officials recently, the audits to assess HIPAA compliance will continue in 2013.

December 1, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

One thing is certain. You don't want to wait until you receive a notification letter from OCR before you begin preparing for a HIPAA audit, says Dena Boggan, CPC, CMC, CCP, HIPAA privacy/security officer at St. Dominic Jackson Memorial Hospital in Jackson, Miss.

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