The Leapfrog group is launching a national survey to evaluate the safety and quality of up to 5,600 surgery centers that perform millions of outpatient procedures every year, ...Read More »
Kimberly Charles, CPC, CPCO, CPMA, CEMC, will present “Documenting Evaluation and Management Services,” on Day 1 of the ACDIS conference. Charles is the charge integrity manager, quality assurance team, at UK Healthcare in Lexington, Kentucky....Read More »
DaVita Medical Holdings, a subsidiary of the dialysis company DaVita Inc., will pay $270 million to settle allegations that they incorrectly inflated certain Medicare Advantage reimbursements above the fixed, risk-adjusted rate owed for care.Read More »
According to a recent study published in the JAMA, Medicare penalties for above-average readmission rates among patients with AMI, heart failure, and pneumonia do not seem to have affected mortality rates either in-hospital or after discharge.Read More »
Over the past five months, thousands of patients have received notices from several insurance companies that Panos had posed as another doctor in order to review their medical records in coverage disputes.Read More »
Hospitals may be better at preventing early readmissions but outpatient clinics and home-based interventions are better for preventing late readmissions, according to...Read More »
Clinicians working in ambulatory surgical centers may soon have more discretion over when to conduct comprehensive medical H&Ps, if CMS’ proposed changes to the Medicare Conditions of Participation and Conditions for Coverage are implemented.Read More »
