The Coordination and Maintenance Committee met at the CMS headquarters on March 7-8 to discuss the proposed new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes for...Read More »
These days it seems sepsis is constantly in the news. Hardly a day passes where the efficacy of some new life-saving drug is being advocated or...Read More »
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating several health insurers over whistle-blower allegations that they fraudulently collected millions in...Read More »
The following white paper provides an overview of the history of sepsis definitions, the changes set in motion in 2016 with the publication of Sepsis-3, and the evidence surfacing since then.
Under documentation. That’s the biggest concern when it comes to acute respiratory failure diagnoses, according to 42% of respondents to a poll...Read More »
CMS approved Performant, the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for Region 1, to begin review activity as of Friday, March 10, according to the...Read More »