This week’s Medicare updates include additional documentation limits for Medicare institutional providers, new search features on the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System Direct Data Entry inquiries menu, an extension of CMS' designation of the nursing shortage as an extraordinary circumstance, and more!
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This week in Medicare updates—1/2/2019
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This week’s Medicare updates include additional documentation limits for Medicare institutional providers, new search features on the Fiscal Intermediary Shared System Direct Data Entry inquiries menu, an extension of CMS' designation of the nursing shortage as an extraordinary circumstance, and more!
Decision support tools can help revenue integrity staff focus audits
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Revenue integrity auditors can monitor multiple priorities more efficiently with data analytics and decision support systems.
 

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Remote coders on the rise, productivity holds steady
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Computer-assisted coding applications and other tools can help identify issues such as backlogs of unanswered queries that are slowing coders down.
 

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Q&A: Case management in behavioral health settings
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