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ECRI lists top 10 patient safety concerns, cites documentation concerns
Source: ACDIS
ECRI Institute recently published its annual list of the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns. The goal of this list is to help facilities’ efforts for proactively identifying and responding to threats to patient safety.
Tip of the week
Hospital-temporary-expansion sites are considered provider-based; however, CMS has waived the provider-based requirements at 413.65 and there are no additional enrollment requirements for temporary expansion sites. Excepted provider-based departments may continue to bill with modifier -PO and nonexcepted provider-based departments should continue to bill with modifier -PN.
 

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Study: Communication lacking among primary care physicians, hospitals, and other providers
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Are you having trouble communicating with your patients’ primary care physicians? It’s a problem in the U.S., according to a 2019 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey published by Health Affairs.
 

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Q&A: Reporting an E/M visit for a patient exposed to COVID-19
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: How would you report an E/M visit for a new patient who was exposed to COVID-19 and sent to a diagnostic testing site?
 

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