It was hardly explicit that organizations could rebill on an outpatient basis (or fully bill) for services denied as non-medically necessary in an inpatient setting. However, on March 13, CMS issued a...Read More »
In order to meet the ICD-10 October 1, 2014, implementation timeline, CMS began making necessary changes to the National Coverage Determination (NCD) hard-coded shared system edits in January 2013, and will continue to make changes quarterly through October 2013,...Read More »
West Virginia: Meets on Wednesday, March 20, 2 p.m. at Charleston Area Medical Center to discuss Recovery Auditor trends and risk reduction, as well as value-based purchasing initiatives. For information contact Shelia Harrison by email at...Read More »
Rulemaking regarding Stage 3 meaningful use of electronic health records will be delayed until 2014, according to an announcement by CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in New Orleans last week.
During the February conference call, ACDIS unveiled its new “Leadership Toolkit” which includes more than 24 different documents, including the official chapter agreement form, an application for the Certified Clinical Documentation...Read More »