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,...Read More »
Recovery Auditor medical record requests and automated and complex denials all fell slightly in the first quarter of 2016, as did the average...Read More »
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is concerned about the documentation and coding reduction, changes to disproportionate share hospital (DSH...Read More »
One size does NOT fit all when it comes to health insurance. Beneficiaries range from the extremely healthy 65-year-old—the poster child for “65...Read More »
Risk adjustment requires coding and CDI professionals to work together as one team to ensure the capture of the most appropriate risk score for...Read More »