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AHA calls on CMS to further reduce documentation burdens
Source: ACDIS

The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently sent a letter to CMS suggesting a number of actions to reduce the burden of clinical documentation requirements.
2020 ICD-10-PCS update: New guidelines for reporting brachytherapy
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
CMS recently released the 2020 ICD-10-PCS Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, which include a new section for the accurate reporting of brachytherapy procedures. 
 

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De-identification of PHI
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
It can be impractical for medical researchers to seek authorization from all the patients whose medical records are sought for a study. That's why HIPAA allows researchers to use de-identified PHI from records without individual authorization.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: Managing edits on clinical trial claims
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: Our clinical trial claims often hit edits for missing drugs or devices when those are supplied by the trial sponsor and we can't bill for them. We've been manually reviewing these edits. Is there a recommended method for handling these types of edits that's more efficient?

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