The Ohio ACDIS Chapter meets on March 23 at the University Hospitals’ customer service center in Highland Hills, in the lower level media room 1500. The registration begins at 5:15 p.m. and dinner and networking happen from 5:30-6 p.m.Read More »
CMS proposed a number of outpatient prospective policies in the calendar year (CY) 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System policy changes, quality provisions, and payment rates proposed rule, released by the agency on July 6...Read More »
CMS released the 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule yesterday, with policies that look to expand an Innovation Center program, revise payment for care management services, and collect data regarding global period payments.Read More »
The Tennessee ACDIS Chapter meets Friday, July 15, at LifePoint Health in Brentwood, Tennessee. For information, contact Sherri Clark SClark@mc.utmck.edu.
There are 1,974 additions, 311 deletions, and 425 revisions for the 2017 ICD-10-CM code set, according to a statement published by CMS. The resulting total of 71,486 diagnosis codes was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 24.Read More »
The backlog of Medicare appeals could be cleared by 2021, according to a proposed rule released by CMS and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services on June 28.
The fiscal year (FY) 2017 IPPS proposed rule included some significant changes to Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90, one of which is a new name: The Patient Safety and Adverse Events Composite. A fact sheet recently released by the measure's owner, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...Read More »