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 »
The third reason that the discharge summary is more important than the H&P is that, given that the ICD-10-CM principal diagnosis establishes...Read More »
Healthcare in America is in flux. Although tabled on Friday, March 24, the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) – the attempted replacement...Read More »
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating several health insurers over whistle-blower allegations that they fraudulently collected millions in...Read More »
During its four-year existence, the National Quality Forum’s Measure Applications Partnership (NQFMAP) repeatedly suggested adding new measures or...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 »