Earlier this year, ACDIS members identified their top concerns for 2016 in a membership survey. Physician engagement, physician education, and physician pushback were listed as struggles one, two, and three. While we may have hoped that providers would come to inherently appreciate the work...Read More »
On March 9 and 10, 2016, the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee had a meeting to review many of the proposed changes to ICD- 10 coding system.Read More »
CMS released its fiscal year (FY) 2017 inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule on Monday, April 18. In it, the agency offers its usual collection of payment reductions and increases, estimating an overall spending hike of $539 million. Read More »
In 2010 under the Affordable Care Act, CMS linked Medicare payments to healthcare quality, known as value- based purchasing. However, the push for paying for higher-quality medical care goes back a bit further still.Read More »
The value modifier (VM) is Medicare’s physician pay-for-performance program that rewards or penalizes physicians for the quality and cost of care they provide. For calendar year 2015, Medicare began applying the VM to...Read More »
Earlier this year, a group of clinicians from around the globe released new standards for diagnosing sepsis. The Journal of the American Medical Association published the third international consensus definitions, dubbed Sepsis-3, in February.Read More »
Following are some ICD-10-PCS documentation and coding tips for three of the most common (and commonly misunderstood/miscoded) procedures performed via bronchoscopy.Read More »
