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HITECH Act penalties may be reduced for organizations meeting standard security practices
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
President Donald Trump signed H.R. 7898 into law on January 5, amending the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) to require the Health and Human Services secretary to consider certain recognized security practices of covered entities (CE) and business associates (BA) when taking enforcement actions.
Four takeaways from the first days of the CMS Price Transparency rule
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Becky Greenfield, a partner with Wolfe Pincavage, provides an early temperature check on hospital compliance with CMS' price transparency mandate for hospitals.
 

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Exploring CMS’ new and improved LCD processes and policies
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Section 1862 (l) and Section 1869 (f)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (the Act) sets forth general procedures to develop and evaluate Medicare coverage determinations that are either adopted nationally by CMS or created and applied locally by a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) within the MAC’s own jurisdictional boundaries.
 

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Q&A: Two principal diagnoses
Source: ACDIS
Q: When two conditions are both present on admission, both meet definition to be the principal diagnosis, and are “equally treated,” my understanding is that the condition does not have to be "equally treated" in the sense of duration/frequency. Can you provide the actual verbiage of the coding rule and explain?

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Unpack ICD-10-CM and CPT Coding for Major Joint Arthroscopies and Total Joint Replacements

Coding and billing rules for hip, knee, and shoulder arthroscopies and total joint replacements are continually evolving, requiring hospitals to stay up to date to report accurate claims. During this 90-minute webinar, Lynn Anderanin, CPC, CPC-I, CPMA, CPPM, COSC, will review ICD-10-CM and CPT coding for these procedures, followed by a live Q&A.
 

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