March 4, 2020
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Q: My hospital, like many others, is dealing with a shortage of nurses. What solutions can we implement to help make up for this deficit?

March 4, 2020
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Q: If a patient has overdosed and is incapacitated, is the doctor or nurse allowed to call the patient’s family or friends to let them know?

March 2, 2020
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Findings from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ (Academy) most recent national coding survey of Registered Dietician Nutritionists (RDN) show that 7.8% respondents don’t know what CPT codes are or are not aware of using them. 

March 2, 2020
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Q: What are the criteria for receiving the C-APC for observation services (8011)?

February 28, 2020
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Q: What CPT codes would you use to report an anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion performed at the same level during the same session?

February 27, 2020
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Q: Sometimes employees don’t seem to have a great understanding of HIPAA even after they have received HIPAA training. What HIPAA training strategies work best?

February 26, 2020
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CMS is proposing several changes to the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) model, including a three-year extension, in a proposed rule published in the Federal Register on  February 24.

February 26, 2020
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Q: What do case managers need to know about the changes to the Detailed Notice of Discharge (DND) form?

February 25, 2020
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Healthcare data breaches are increasing at a rapid rate. In 2019, more than 41 million patient records were breached, nearly tripling the number of breaches from 2018, according to a report from Protenus and DataBreaches.net.

February 24, 2020
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Q: Can we bill for Part A payment for an inpatient stay of less than two midnights if the physician expected the patient to meet the 2-midnight benchmark at the time of admission?

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