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Navigate modifier reporting for COVID-19 visits
Source: JustCoding
Coders must apply modifiers to CPT codes for select services rendered during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency to ensure that providers are paid in full for documented work. This article details reporting of telehealth modifiers -95, -G0, and -GQ, and emergency modifiers -CR and -CS.
Impacted by COVID, HCA's same facility admissions fell almost 13% during Q2
Source: HealthLeaders Media
The Nashville-based for-profit hospital operator recognized more than $800 million in government stimulus income.
Register for next week's Revenue Cycle Advisor Quarterly Call
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Please join us at 1 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 30, for the Revenue Cycle Advisor Quarterly Call. This call is free for Revenue Cycle Advisor subscribers and will include a review of all major changes to Medicare regulations and payment rules from April through June 2020. Register here today.
 

Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Note from the instructor: Severe malnutrition is under OIG scrutiny again
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week's note from the instructor reviews coding and documentation requirements for severe malnutrition in light of another OIG review of these types of claims.
 

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Q&A: Disclosures to employers
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: Naturally, companies are curious to learn which of their employees have been exposed to COVID-19 as the workforce begins to return to the office. Under what circumstances can healthcare providers legally disclose a patient’s diagnosis to his or her employer?

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