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News
OCR reaches $111,400 settlement with Colorado hospital
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Pagosa Springs Medical Center in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, has agreed to pay $111,400 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and to adopt a substantial corrective action plan in a settlement over alleged HIPAA violations.
Reporting mental illness in ICD-10-CM
Source: JustCoding

Reporting mental illness in ICD-10-CM is on the radar for outpatient coders, but inpatient coders should be up to date with these diagnoses as well. Capturing this data in the inpatient setting not only substantiates reimbursement, it is also used to identify national trends for tracking and understanding these serious conditions. 
 

Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Complex case: Paged to the chapel
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
A maternity and child case manager is faced with a complex discharge planning situation involving a new mother who has a history of opioid abuse and lives in shelter.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: New C-APCs in 2019
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: Are there any new comprehensive APCs (C-APC) in 2019?

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