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News

RAs’ 2017 statement of work: Preparing coders
Source: Justcoding
CMS recently announced that it has awarded a new round of contracts for Medicare fee-for-service Recovery Auditors (RA).
ACMA adds more than 100 certification exam testing sites
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
The American Case Management Association (ACMA) is now offering the Accredited Case Manager (ACM™) certification exam at more than 300 testing sites, according to a press release. Previously, ACMA offered the exam at 185 testing sites.
Medical imaging: Appropriate use mandate coming into view
Source: HealthLeaders Media
Implementation of appropriate use criteria in imaging studies for cardiac patients "is no longer an idealistic academic exercise," researchers say, and may eventually extend to other areas of medicine.
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Daily Q&A

Q&A: Billing for injections at provider-based departments
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
In a provider-based department, when an injection is provided by a registered nurse, is the admin fee billed on the hospital’s UB claim form with the drug or under global billed on the 1500?

 

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Upcoming CMS Events

Wednesday 3/15 - SNF VBP: Understanding Your Facility's Confidential Feedback Report Call
Tuesday 3/21 - National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and QAPI Call
Wednesday 3/22 - MEDCAC Meeting - Health Outcomes in Heart Failure Treatment Technology Studies
 

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CDI’s Role in Respiratory Failure: Accurate Reimbursement and Quality Measure Reporting

Join expert speakers Robert Stein, MD, CCDS, and Jennifer Eaton, RN, MSN, CCDS, for this live, 90-minute webinar on March 21 as they discuss the role CDI query and education efforts play in the accurate reimbursement and appropriate capture of the all-important quality measures for respiratory failure and related diagnoses
 

    

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