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Outpatient CDI fundamentals: What does risk adjustment look like?
Source: Briefings on APCs
Fundamentally, what makes outpatient CDI different from inpatient CDI? A multitude of similarities exist between inpatient CDI basics and reviews, but outpatient CDI has many different areas of opportunity.
Understand factors that may keep physicians from adopting telehealth
Source: Case Management Monthly
Certain doctors, including women, primary care physicians, and behavioral health specialists, led the way as early adopters of telemedicine services during the pandemic.
Compliance tips for the 2022 OPPS final rule
Source: HIM Briefings
Although many provisions of the 2022 Outpatient Prospective Payment System final rule are a light lift for hospitals, several have far-reaching implications. Apply these expert tips to ensure you're up to speed and aware of compliance pitfalls.
No time like now to address ransomware threats
Source: Briefings on HIPAA
Cybersecurity and ransomware never sleep. The Office for Civil Rights wrote about the need to stay vigilant against cybersecurity threats in a security email.
Note from the instructor: Learning from OIG audits and deploying audit practices
Source: Medicare Insider
This week's note from the instructor discusses how to use OIG audits to help refine internal audit techniques. 
 

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This week's Medicare updates include a transmittal on payment for the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration, a memo on vaccine expectations for survey personnel, the April quarterly update to the clinical laboratory fee schedule, and more!
 
 

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