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Largest hospitals’ workarounds for price transparency compliance
Source: ACDIS
Some of the largest hospitals in the country have approached the price transparency rule by providing some pricing information online, but not providing the HCPCS codes for the services, according to a review of 20 hospital websites by ADVI Analytics.
CMS expands list of COVID-related services eligible for modifier -CS
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
CMS recently added a half dozen codes to the list of services that may be reported with HCPCS modifier -CS (cost-sharing), which requires Medicare to cover beneficiary cost-sharing during office visits and other encounters for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
 

Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

HIPAA Q&A: Wearable devices, individuals revoking authorization
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: Do companies such as FitBit (and others that sell wearable devices that track and store health information) need to abide by HIPAA regulations? Should I be concerned with how these companies are viewing and sharing my health information?
 

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Q&A: Billing for outpatient therapy services
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: During the public health emergency, are outpatient therapy services provided to a patient located in their home or a clinic billed in the same way as outpatient therapy services provided to a patient whose home has been designated a provider-based department?

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