Do you question how your compensation and work responsibilities compare to those reported by coders across the country? To see how you stack up, review results from JustCoding’s 2017 Coder Salary Survey.
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2017 coder salary survey: Salaries stagnate, frustrations linger
Source: JustCoding
Do you question how your compensation and work responsibilities compare to those reported by coders across the country? To see how you stack up, review results from JustCoding’s 2017 Coder Salary Survey.
Rural medical suppliers spared, temporarily, from rate adjustment
Source: HealthLeaders Media
The change reverts to a 50/50 blended rate calculation from 2016 in an effort to stabilize rural supplier markets.
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Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Note from the instructor: Overview of Medicare rules related to 'swing bed' services, Part II
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week's note from the instructor is the second article in a series reviewing the coverage, billing, and payment rules for swing bed services. This edition of the series focuses on professional services related to swing beds as well as applicable billing and payment rules for swing beds in critical access hospitals (CAH) and non-CAH small rural hospitals.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: Sending patient history notes
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: I work for a hospital with a geriatric psychiatry unit. Many patients are discharged to nursing homes. Often, nursing homes contact the hospital for patient information, but we have only the patients' psychiatric records and are hesitant to send them. Is it permissible under HIPAA to send this information to a nursing home for continued care?

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Tuesday 5/22 - Settlement Conference Facilitation Expansion Call
Wednesday 6/25 - Public Meeting Regarding New and Reconsidered Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Codes for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule for CY 2019
 

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Uncompensated care calculation

Kimberly A. H. Baker, JD, CPC, writes about a new CMS calculation for uncompensated care that presents an opportunity and compliance risk for DSH hospitals.
 
 

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