News & Analysis

April 1, 2012
Briefings on APCs

Our coding experts answer your questions about  molecular pathology codes, HCPCS codes for drugs that aren’t separately payable under OPPS, deducting push time from infusions, CPT initial observation codes, and diabetes coding in ICD-10-CM.

April 1, 2012
Briefings on APCs

Editor’s note: To help coders prepare for the upcoming transition to ICD-10-CM, we will provide occasional articles about specific anatomical locations and body parts as part of a larger series for ICD-10-CM preparation. This month’s column addresses digestive system.

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March 9, 2012
Briefings on HIPAA

If your healthcare organization hasn’t yet completed a security risk analysis, you just got another reason to conduct one.

March 1, 2012
Case Management Monthly

In December 2011, Detroit Medical Center (DMC) got word that it had been selected as one of only 32 medical organizations in the country to participate in Medicare's new Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO).

March 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Mobile devices are here to stay-so now you have to manage the risks.

March 1, 2012
HIM Briefings

Some interesting changes are occurring with the implementation of ICD-10-CM that are going to affect principal diagnosis selection.

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