CMS has released the final 2018 ICD-10-CM codes to be implemented October 1, with hundreds of changes from the version released in the 2018 IPPS proposed rule. 

This week’s Medicare updates include the elimination of routine reviews including documentation compliance reviews and instituting three medical reviews; new guidance for outpatient facility claims; standardization of demand letter language; and more!

Tasked with the impossible—reviewing 100% of charges before they go out the door—the revenue integrity department at Yale New Haven Health in New Haven, Connecticut, knows the importance of having a reliable staff to get the job done right.

With value-based reimbursement, providers now must shoulder the health of the patient no matter where the patient receives. The ability to share patient information seamlessly between these entities using interoperable technology is the next evolution of healthcare.