CMS recently published Transmittal 332 to inform Medicare administrative contractors and providers of new billing considerations, effective January 1, 2020, for medication-assisted treatments provided by opioid treatment programs.
Q: We have a patient who was admitted for an ablation procedure in order to treat his atrial fibrillation (AF). How should we report this in ICD-10-PCS?
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) reviewed two proposals to recommend an increase in hospital reimbursement in 2021, according to documents from its December 5 meeting.
Healthcare Administrative Partners, a medical billing company in Pennsylvania that provides billing, coding, and practice management services to hospital-affiliated physician practices, recently notified 17,693 patients of a data breach that may have exposed their protected health information.
Q: Does a Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) have to be included in a lobby or just handed out to patients during admission? What are good practices generally with the NPP?
