Drug abuse is a serious public health issue that affects millions of Americans. Familiarize yourself with diagnosis reporting for substance use disorders to ensure that ICD-10-CM-dependent administrative data accurately captures the social consequences of substance abuse.
A systemwide initiative involving physicians, nurses, laboratory operations, and pharmacists has helped the nonprofit reduce its sepsis mortality rate.
Revenue cycle leaders can fall into a trap of merely managing problems that pop up. But the danger with a “fix it” approach is that so many of the challenges in revenue cycle are connected.
This week’s note explores the newly expanded national targeted probe and educate initiative with a focus on how processes for the program should work and what providers can do to simplify the review period.
Q: Are we required to explain why a vulnerability was not addressed or was deemed low priority in the risk management plan? If so, are there any examples of acceptable ways to document this per OCR?
Need expert advice? Email your questions for consideration in the Revenue Cycle Daily Advisor. Note: We do not guarantee that all questions will be answered.
Rural health clinic (RHC) billing has become increasingly complicated in recent years. During three-hour workshop, Medicare regulatory expert Debbie Mackaman, RHIA, CPCO, CCDS, will break down the general requirements for RHC designation and essential billing fundamentals. The workshop also will offer insight into billing for special services and an overview of the all-inclusive rate reimbursement system.
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