CMS projects that payment rates to general acute care hospitals will increase by 2.3% in fiscal year (FY) 2013, according to a March 24 release regarding the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule. CMS released the IPPS proposed rule yesterday.
As I’m sure most of you are aware, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed a one-year delay of ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. You can read the complete release here http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-04-17...Read More »
HHS released a proposed rule Monday, April 9, regarding a potential one-year delay of the implementation of ICD-10-CM/PCS. If finalized, ICD-10 would become effective October 1, 2014.
ACDIS is proud to welcome its new CDI Education Director, Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN. In this role, Ericson will be teaching core CDI skills in HCPro’s popular CDI Boot Camp and forthcoming ICD-10 for CDI Boot Camp. She will also be lending her years of expertise and experience in CDI to the...Read More »
A Maryland hospital allegedly added malnutrition as a secondary diagnosis, employing tactics that included the submission of leading queries to increase reimbursement, according to...Read More »
