Inpatient coding audits need to be tailored to the type of record being reviewed, the time it may take to complete the audit, and any compliance-related issues that may crop up. Learn how coding managers can streamline these aspects to ensure a successful audit.
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Coding managers: Assess the type, timing of your facility’s coding audits
Source: JustCoding
Inpatient coding audits need to be tailored to the type of record being reviewed, the time it may take to complete the audit, and any compliance-related issues that may crop up. Learn how coding managers can streamline these aspects to ensure a successful audit.
Long-term care hospital reimbursement loophole challenged
Source: HealthLeaders Media
A new working paper recommends that long-term care hospitals lose their special reimbursement schedules under Medicare and instead get paid like cheaper SNFs.
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Note from the instructor: Confusion over intensity-modulated radiation therapy billing leads to 100% error rate
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This week's note from the instructor looks at guidance from CMS on IMRT billing following the release of an OIG audit report citing a 100% error rate in billing certain IMRT planning services.
 

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Q&A: Checking on a neighbor's test results
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Q: I work at the front desk at a clinic. My neighbor is one of our patients, and recently he asked if I could see when some test results would be available. Since I already had access to his records, is it a HIPAA violation to fulfill his request?

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