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Home in on ICD-10-CM coding for viral hemorrhagic fevers

Viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHF) are infectious diseases that pose a great public health risk due to their epidemic potential. Debbie Jones, CPC, CCA, breaks down ICD-10-CM coding for four VHFs: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus disease, Lassa fever, and Marburg virus disease.

In pandemic's wake, healthcare IT faces new realities

Source: HealthLeaders Media

Care is morphing to mix of real and virtual, powered by cloud and consumer demands. The desktop phone may be fading.

Note to subscribers: Revenue Cycle Daily Advisor changing publication schedule

Revenue Cycle Daily Advisor is going weekly! In effort to reduce inbox clutter for our readers, we’ll only be publishing one edition per week starting next Wednesday. Subscribers will find links to the latest stories from our publications, including Briefings on APCs, Briefings on HIPAA, Case Management Monthly, and HIM Briefings, though articles will continue to be posted to Revenue Cycle Advisor daily. Be on the lookout next week for Revenue Cycle Advisor Alert!

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Note from the instructor: OIG examining use of NPIs for monitoring high-risk services

Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

This week's note from the instructor looks at the implications of a recent OIG brief on how Medicare Advantage organizations could use national provider identifiers (NPI) to monitor for fraud, waste, and abuse.

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Q&A: Revoking authorization for disclosure

Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

Q: If an individual provides authorization for a disclosure, can the individual later revoke the authorization? Is the covered entity (CE) then required to “take back” or demand the erasure of any documentation by third parties that may have been made following the original authorization?

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