If you have experience with the topics below, please email Linnea Archibald at linnea.archibald@hcpro.com by noon eastern on Monday, April 15, and she'll connect you with the relevant folks at the end of the day on Monday. Note that you have a...Read More »
On August 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay of ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation. The new deadline is October 1, 2014. (Read the final rule at www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2012-21238_PI.pdf.)
The switch from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS is set and it isn’t going to change. There is no waiting for ICD-11, no two-year delay until 2015. But many questions remain. The following Q&As were culled from 3M’s September 5 webinar, “ICD-10 Final Rule Q&A.”Read More »
Fifty-eight percent of claims billed with MS-DRG 246, percutaneous cardiovascular procedure with drug-eluting stent, with MCC or four-plus vessels/stents, were denied by Trailblazer Health Enterprises, LLC, the Medicare Administrative Contractor for Jurisdiction 4(Texas, New Mexico, Colorado,...Read More »
The following is a condensed, step-by-step guide that can be used for hospitalwide ICD-10-CM/PCS implementation, but contains additional details for CDI departments involved with ICD-10 training. It is updated to reflect the new ICD-10 compliance date of October 1, 2014.Read More »
Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) result in an estimated $700 million in additional healthcare costs across the nation, with more than 41,000 people affected in 2009, according to a February 7 CMS...Read More »
CDI professionals see a lot of physician documentation—not all of it good or pretty. A few annoying and troublesome problems fall into the “bad” or “ugly” categories. Describing a few of these worrisome practice patterns and identifying ways to improve...Read More »
