Eighty-four hospitals may have received incorrect payments for discharges on or after October 1 due to errors in the hospital wage-index table published in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) pricer, according to CMS.
Q: Do you have any advice for organizations to ensure they're meeting three-day inpatient stay requirements for discharging patients to skilled nursing facilities (SNF)?
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached a settlement with Korunda Medical LLC, a Florida-based company, on December 11 for a potential violation of the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s right-of-access provision.
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.
