On April 17, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a proposed rule to delay the ICD-10 code set implementation date from...Read More »
New guidelines published in the May 2012 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics represent a consensus statement of the American Academy...Read More »
CMS recently posted two separate sets of data that provide nationwide statistics on its Recovery Auditor program. The first update contains...Read More »
Over a nine-year period, from 2001 to 2010, physicians increased billing of higher level evaluation and management (E/M) codes in all types of E/M...Read More »
Patients of physicians using dictated electronic health records appear to be receiving lower quality care than those of physicians who use...Read More »
The latest Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) was released May 24. CDI specialists may access the report via their...Read More »
US Senator Tom Coburn, MD, (R-OK) suggests Congress hold committee hearings regarding ICD-10 implementation to evaluate its cost/benefit analysis...Read More »
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) pointed to deficiencies in CMS’ oversight of Zone Program Integrity Contractors (ZPICs), indicated that...Read More »
The Medicaid RAC program kicked off January 1. Although the program got off to a slow start, activity will likely ramp up in the next few months....Read More »
After HHS proposed a year-long delay of ICD-10-CM/PCS, questions emerged regarding the current ICD-9-CM code freeze. CMS confirmed that the...Read More »