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This week in Medicare updates—8/8/2018
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week’s Medicare updates include final rules for the Inpatient Prospective Payment System, Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System, and more!
OIG: Medicare overpaid millions for nonemergency ambulance transport
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Inappropriate use of nonemergency ambulance transport cost Medicare $8.7 million in overpayments, according to a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.
 

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How to effectively document and bill chronic care management
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Follow these tips to ensure providers ace chronic care management documentation requirements.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: Case management involvement in seeking food and shelter for patients
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: How can case managers in the population health model ensure their patients have access to food and shelter once they leave the hospital?

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Upcoming CMS Events
Tuesday, 8/14 - ESRD Quality Incentive Program: CY 2019 ESRD PPS Proposed Rule Call
Wednesday, 8/15 - Special Open Door Forum: Sharing Federal Strategies to Address the Opioid Epidemic
Monday, 8/20 - Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment Meeting, Day 1
Tuesday, 8/21 - Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment Meeting, Day 2
 

Product Spotlight

Prepare for Huge E/M Changes: CMS Game-Changing Payment, Documentation Proposals

The 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule signals that CMS is serious about overhauling its E/M reimbursement structure and revising its documentation guidelines completely—as soon as January 1. Betsy Nicoletti, CPC, will discuss what documentation standards CMS favors, what practices can do to prepare, and how reimbursement might change.
 

    

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