August 11, 2016
News & Insights

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August 10, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include an update to inpatient psychiatric facilities PPS (IPF PPS) FY 2017; a Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) region announcement; and more!

August 3, 2016

CMS released the fiscal year (FY) 2017 IPPS final rule yesterday. CMS made changes to several quality initiatives and reversed the agency’s 0.2% payment reduction instituted along with the 2-midnight rule in the FY 2014 rule. 

August 3, 2016
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include a notice of proposed rulemaking for bundled payment models for high-quality, coordinated cardiac and hip fracture care; FY 2017 rate update for inpatient psychiatric facilities PPS; and more!

July 29, 2016
News & Insights

If a Medicare patient is downgraded from inpatient to observation is it expected that the patient will be issued the MOON and condition code 44 will be used on the claim?

August 2, 2016
News & Insights

What is a benchmark for conversion rates from observation to inpatient status?

July 26, 2016
News & Insights

What does it mean when a service is nonreportable for a patient in observation?

July 22, 2016
News & Insights

CMS recently released the 2017 ICD-10-PCS code updates and guidelines, which include changes to certain root operations. Of the updates, the most notable modifications are the addition of root operation Perfusion, and edits to the current definitions of Control and Creation.

July 19, 2016
News & Insights

The majority of patients who visit hospital emergency departments for chest pain do not have a life-threatening condition, according to a recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

July 12, 2016
News & Insights

Two North Carolina medical centers are teaming up with local churches and community centers for an initiative focused on improving patient health and reducing readmissions.

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