Some of the largest hospitals in the country have approached the price transparency rule by providing some pricing information online, but not providing the healthcare common procedure coding system (HCPCS) codes for the services, according to a review of 20 hospital websites by...Read More »
Implementation of two historic rules set to implement interoperability and patient access provisions of the Cures Act, have been postponed until April 5, 2021. In March, the...Read More »
By Angelica Naylor, MBA, BSN, RN, CCDS
The year 2020: the year that changed all our lives in some form or another. The year 2020: also the year that confirmed racial and ethnic health disparities and inequalities are persistent and worsening for many in our society. Anyone...Read More »
CMS has released the final rule for the Department of Health and Human Services’ risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) program. The rule...Read More »
A Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are likely to see a reduction in risk scores and payments due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent analysis conducted by Avalere found. MA risk scores are calculated...Read More »
The ACDIS Regulatory Committee recently posted its topics for October and November including:
Right middle cerebral artery infarction and bilateral carotid artery occlusion query generation to clarify if occlusion/stenosis was present at both carotid and MCA sites, requesting follow
Some facilities that should have been penalized under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) weren’t and some that were probably shouldn’t have been, according to a new study...Read More »
