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This week in Medicare updates—12/18/2019
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week’s Medicare updates include details on repayments to outpatient clinic visits at excepted off-campus, provider-based departments, a new ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder, an article on home infusion therapy billing, and more!
2020 IPPS hospital wage-index errors may have led to incorrect payments
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Eighty-four hospitals may have received incorrect payments for discharges on or after October 1 due to errors in the hospital wage-index table published in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) pricer, according to CMS.
 

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Q&A: Meeting inpatient requirements for SNF discharge
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: Do you have any advice for organizations to ensure they're meeting three-day inpatient stay requirements for discharging patients to skilled nursing facilities (SNF)?

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