The University of Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 3,700 patients about a mailing error that resulted in letters containing personal health information to be sent to the wrong patients.
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Mail error leads to HIPAA breach at the University of Michigan Medicine
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
The University of Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 3,700 patients about a mailing error that resulted in letters containing personal health information to be sent to the wrong patients.
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"It’s important to note that it may take a long time to audit an inpatient record. If the audit’s scope is simply to assess whether the principal diagnosis was assigned correctly, and no compliance-related issues arise, time spent on the audit could be less.” — Rose T. Dunn, MBA, RHIA, CPA/CGMA, FACHE, FHFMA, CHPS.
 

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Study: Transitional care services reduce deaths and costs, but aren’t used enough
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Medicare beneficiaries who received transitional care services from physicians after they were discharged home from a healthcare organization had lower costs and were less likely to die in the month that followed than those who didn’t, according to a new study.
 

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Q&A: Scenarios for reporting modifier -XU
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Q: I know the -X{EPSU} modifiers are not yet required by CMS, but in what instance would modifier -XU (unusual non-overlapping service, the use of a service that is distinct because it does not overlap usual components of the main service) be justified instead of modifier -59 (distinct procedural service)?

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