This week’s Medicare updates include a claims status category and claims status codes update, new waived tests, the reprocessing of some IPPS claims, and more!
This week’s Medicare updates include 2017 Annual Update to the Therapy Code List, a Proposed Decision Memo on Leadless Pacemakers, Provider Reimbursement Manual Hospital and Hospital Health Care Complex Cost Report Form CMS-2552-10 updates, and more!
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) agreed to a $650,000 HIPAA settlement fine after a breach investigation revealed the university failed to implement basic security measures.
Single-use drug vial wastage and CMS’ implementation of the Quality Payment Program are in the spotlight in the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) fiscal year 2017 Work Plan. The Work Plan, released November 10, outlines areas the OIG will scrutinize in the coming year and ongoing projects.
This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the OIG 2017 Work Plan, a CMS memorandum regarding noncompliance of transplant centers, an OIG report on unallowable claims for outpatient physical therapy services, and more!
Data breaches spiked dramatically in the second half of the year but some experts at AHIMA’s 2016 national convention in Baltimore suggest the apparent surge might be caused in part by improved reporting.
Discharge planning is a process that provides a systematic basis for preparing a patient for discharge. It is a dynamic process because of the changing clinical status of the patient and changes in the healthcare system.
This week’s Medicare updates include the release of the End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System final rule, an announcement of the next round of Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors, the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment Changes for 2017 final rule, CY 2017 Home Health Prospective Payment System, a Hospital Appeals Settlement Update, and more!
The Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) guidance on patient access fees released earlier this year muddied the waters for providers and complicated the release of information (ROI) process, experts at the October 15–19 AHIMA national convention in Baltimore agreed.
