In a letter to CMS, more than 100 members of the House of Representatives asked the agency to consider “an alternative payment arrangement with [Recovery Auditors, formerly known as RACs] to ensure RACs are not improperly...Read More »
Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and House Energy and Commerce committees combined multiple Medicare physician payment reform proposals into one bipartisan bill titled SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act of 2014, released Feb. 6.
$500,000. That’s what facilities expect as their CDI programs’ annual return on investment (ROI), according to 58% of more than 1,660 respondents to a recent ACDIS website poll. When pressed for their opinion regarding the results,...Read More »
Of the 187 physicians who responded to a recent survey, only 25% were involved in evaluating or implementing new clinical documentation technologies at their organization. However, when asked how important they considered being involved, 70% said extremely important and 27% said very important...Read More »