The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transmittal 1058, Change Request (CR) 7767 confirms a zero percent update for payments under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) through year’s end.
In a letter published today in the British Medical Journal, authors from Imperial College London NHS Healthcare Trust stress the importance of accurately capturing and coding patient episodes.
When ICD-9 to ICD-10 transition takes place in 2013, you will not always have an easy one-to-one relationship between old codes and the new codes. See how your ICD-9 codes will change in the following instances when the ICD-10 transition finally takes place.
If you don’t have any trouble using the ICD-9 neoplasm table, you shouldn’t have a hard time transitioning to ICD-10 neoplasm codes.
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2012 provides brief descriptions of activities that OIG plans to initiate or continue with respect to HHS programs and operations in fiscal year 2012.
As of Oct. 1, 2013, claims submitted in the United States must use ICD-10 codes and insurers will reject claims with ICD-9 codes. So what happens if a claim for…
EHRs may reduce medical liability for some errors, but could create new forms of medical liability and expose existing liability issues, says report.
While many innovative technologies, policies and procedures for managing patient data will be on display at the 83rd AHIMA Convention & Exhibit in Salt Lake City, the most pressing topic will be International…
Shortly after the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recommended that the United States adopt ICD-10, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) assembled a session on the code…
It is only two years until the compliance date for the ICD-10 code sets and yet not enough hospitals have yet begun readiness assessments and impact analyses, said Jim Jacobs,…
Joseph Goedert Health Data Management Blogs, September 2, 2011 To prove meaningful use of electronic health records, providers must collect, organize and report data culled from certified electronic health records…
In October 2013, the U.S. health care system will begin using the ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS code sets. While the switch is not mandatory for the workers' comp system, "system stakeholders,…
Meaningful use expert Jim Tate has written that the Medicaid EHR incentive program reminds him of "zero entry" swimming pools: very easy to get into, with almost no barriers. Given…
Healthcare Providers to Learn Best Practices for Achieving Financial Neutrality through ICD-10 Transition Bellevue, Washington (PRWEB) September 14, 2011 The transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 represents one of the most…
Bill all three or get a denial: supply, injection, and illumination. Coding for photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves three key components, which means you should look into multiple CPT® codes to describe your claim appropriately. But this could jeopard...
New options replace 49420 for tunneled catheter. Choosing an intraperitoneal catheter insertion used to mean deciding between “permanent” and “temporary” — but CPT 2011 changes all that. Now you’ll need to know if the procedure is open, lap...