CMS issued a final rule last week to revamp the way it pays for tests under the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule (CLFS). Now starting January 1, 2018, CMS will base CLFS payments on the weighted median amount paid by private payers for the same services. Providers are hopeful that these new...Read More »
On Thursday, July 28, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, CDI and coding professionals from across the New England region will join together for a full-day educational event. On the agenda are sessions about engaging physicians in CDI, a panel discussion featuring documentation improvement from both the...Read More »
The MS-DRG 884, organic disturbances and mental retardation, received a request for a title change, in the 2017 IPPS proposed rule released by CMS, to organic disturbances and intellectual disability to...Read More »
Following on the heels of its successful full-day conference, the California ACDIS Chapter released the first edition of what it hopes will be a quarterly newsletter for its state members. The four-member publication committee includes: Shiloh Williams, Emily Emmons, Rani Stoddard, and Madhu...Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should take steps to reduce the number of Medicare appeals and strengthen oversight of the appeals process, according to a report released by the GAO...Read More »
