Earlier this month, the CMS held a call to discuss the MS-DRG CC/MCC comprehensive analysis discussed in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed and final rules. The deadline for submitting comments on this is tomorrow, Friday, November 1. ACDIS’ regulatory...Read More »
Ninety percent of hospital leaders are considering outsourcing both clinical and non-clinical functions to achieve cost-efficiencies and succeed in value-based care models, according to a Black Book survey.
Survey respondents agreed that value-based care models necessitate additional...Read More »
New research published in the Annals of Surgery shows that high-risk general surgery patients have greater survival rates at major teaching hospitals than at non-teaching hospitals, according to HealthLeaders Media.
The 30-day mortality rate for these high-risk patients...Read More »
A retrospective study based on ICD-10-CM data from nearly 17,000 emergency department (ED) visits found that individuals who received emergency medical care due to cannabis poisoning were significantly more likely than other patients to be diagnosed with mental health disorders.
Due to nearly 1,300 cases and 26 deaths of e-cigarette or vaping product use associated with lung injury (EVALI), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new official ICD-10-CM coding guidelines for capturing EVALI. These guidelines come close on the tail of the CDC’s...Read More »
Oceanside Medical Group, a clinic providing mental health services in Santa Monica, California, is disputing an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report that estimated the group received $2.6 million in overpayments for...Read More »
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) published an analysis stating that roughly 25% of the $3.8 trillion spent annually in the U.S. on healthcare can be characterized as waste.Read More »
