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News
This week in Medicare updates–09/06/17
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
This week’s Medicare updates include CMS' response to Hurricane Harvey; the retirement of tobacco cessation counseling coverage; a new OIG Advisory Opinion; and more!
Consumer confusion causes delayed collection of patient payments
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Despite the 75 million consumers enrolled in high deductible health plans, many are still uncertain about their payment responsibility. 
 

Revenue Cycle Advisor Subscriber Content

Outpatient CDI: Improving documentation across the continuum of care
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
A successful outpatient CDI program will be invaluable to an organization, but without a focus and plan the program can become overwhelmed and ineffective. HIM and CDI need to work closely together to identify the greatest areas of opportunity in the outpatient setting and ensure that goals are aligned throughout the continuum of care.
 

Daily Q&A
Q&A: Hospital outside patient insurer's network
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: If a patient arrives at our emergency department and the hospital's outside their insurer or third-party payer's network, how do we procede?

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Upcoming CMS Events
Wednesday 9/6 - IMPACT Act: Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary Measures Call
Thursday 9/7 - Nursing Home Facility Assessment Tool and State Operations Manual Revisions Call
Friday 9/8 -  Summit: Behavioral Health Payment and Care Delivery Innovation
Tuesday 9/12 - ICD-10-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee
 

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JustCoding's 2018 ICD-10-CM Code Updates

With more than 700 changes to the ICD-10-CM code set taking effect October 1, it’s time to dive into how these changes influence code sequencing and payment. During this 90-minute webinar, HCPro regulatory specialist Adrienne Commeree, CPC, CPMA, CCS, CEMC, CPIP, will take a comprehensive approach to explaining the 2018 changes.
 

    

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Avoiding Common Analytics Mistakes

In this free webinar, Mercy Health will review how to avoid common analytics mistakes. 
 
 

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