This week’s Medicare updates include a new Medicare preventive services education tool, the September edition of the Patients over Paperwork newsletter, an OIG audit of Medicare Advantage’s appeal outcomes, and more!
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This week in Medicare updates—10/3/2018
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week’s Medicare updates include a new Medicare preventive services education tool, the September edition of the Patients over Paperwork newsletter, an OIG audit of Medicare Advantage’s appeal outcomes, and more!
Note from the speaker: Patient status and denials education at the 2018 Revenue Integrity Symposium
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor

Ralph Wuebker, MD, MBA, writes that the healthcare revenue cycle is changing at break neck speed. Staying up to date on CMS regulations as well as overall payer trends is critical in this time. The National Association of Healthcare Revenue Integrity’s 2018 Revenue Integrity Symposium is one of the best conferences for unbiased education on essential healthcare revenue cycle and revenue integrity topics.
 

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Broad scope of HIM functions emphasizes need for flexible skills, active involvement in committees
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
The roles and responsibilities of the HIM department have been transformed over the past decade. Although many of the core functions—coding, transcription, ROI—remain at the heart of the department, the way these tasks are performed has changed over time.
 

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Q&A: What to expect from an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage
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Q: As a case manager, what do I need to know about advance beneficiary notices?

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