Facilities need to know how to respond to documentation requests as part of any Medicare audit or review. Preparing a complete and proper reply makes all the difference in the outcome or results of those audits and reviews.
Past Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS) attendees and speakers agree: It’s a can’t-miss event for revenue integrity education and networking. The best part? Savvy revenue integrity professionals can take advantage of several ways to save on the cost of attendance, scoring premier education without breaking the budget.
An analysis of the impact of the three-night requirement for skilled nursing facility admission, wage index reform, and costs of recalled medical devices top the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) list of top unimplemented recommendations.
Q: For an inpatient-only procedure, can the inpatient order be obtained the day after surgery, and if so, we are still allowed to bill as inpatient for the entire stay?
Clinical researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, developed and tested a modified version of the Team Strategies and Tips to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety debriefing tool in a multidisciplinary urban emergency department (ED). They found that the tool was helpful in identifying safety threats and opportunities for performance improvement.
