The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) recent audit findings regarding the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for kwashiorkor, and what coders can do to stay compliant when coding guidance is lacking is discussed in this week's article.
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OIG Work Plan: What did the OIG work on and what did they find?
Source: JustCoding
The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) recent audit findings regarding the ICD-9-CM diagnosis code for kwashiorkor, and what coders can do to stay compliant when coding guidance is lacking, is discussed in this week's article.
EHR sector poised to consolidate
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Meaningful use mandates for electronic health records under the HITECH Act have largely been met, or at least initiated, by most payers and providers, which means that software vendors will have a smaller customer base, and less room to grow.
 

Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Note from the instructor: Clarifying hospitals’ use of the Noncovered Service(s) During Covered Stay notice
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week's note reviews policies and procedures related to the usage of Hospital Issued Notice of Noncoverage 11.
 

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Q&A: Members of the media and patient privacy
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: If a news crew is reporting on an event or a notable individual who is a patient and they have a film crew stationed outside the hospital, are we responsible under HIPAA for stopping them? If ambulances and patients are visible in the background, is that a HIPAA violation? Can we go off of our property to ask them to move or remove their cameras?

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