Read more about the article CMS Considering Alternatives To ‘Two-Midnight’ Rule
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CMS Considering Alternatives To ‘Two-Midnight’ Rule

Faced with withering criticism, CMS officials are asking for ideas on how to design a new payment system for treating Medicare patients who need only a day or so in…

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May 21, 2014
Read more about the article What You Need To Know To Start Your ICD-10 Planning
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What You Need To Know To Start Your ICD-10 Planning

Let's assume you're relieved that ICD-10 implementation has been extended a year because you haven't done anything about it yet. Improve ICD-9 coding Nope. That isn't a typo. By improving…

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May 20, 2014
General / Medical Billing

How To Catch Common Medical Billing Errors

Medical billing errors are rampant, and with changes to the healthcare system mandated by the Affordable Care Act, as well as a conversion in medical billing codes expected later this…

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May 6, 2014
CMS / General / Medicare

Medicare Payments Exposed

For the first time, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has made public a database showing what it pays out to individual physicians. In a press release,…

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April 30, 2014
CMS / General / ICD-10

CMS: ICD-10 Announcement Coming ‘in the Near Future’

Like medical coders, billers, physicians, and others in practices nationwide, CMS was both surprised and disappointed that Congress delayed ICD-10 implementation, but it remains committed to the conversion and plans…

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April 25, 2014
Read more about the article Making Sense of the Uproar Over Medical Coding
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Making Sense of the Uproar Over Medical Coding

Confused about the implementation of the new medical coding system called ICD-10? So is everyone, including the federal government — so much so, in fact, that Congress passed legislation that…

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April 24, 2014
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ICD-10 and DSM-5: A Unique Teaching Curriculum

Much has been written about the pro’s and con’s of the ICD-10 delay. To date, CMS has yet to issue the new deadline, or provide guidelines for how organizations are…

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April 23, 2014
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ICD-10 Delay: What’s Next For Healthcare Organizations?

Many of the complexities of medicine are distilled down to a vocabulary of diagnostic codes, called the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which are used by doctors, insurers, and hospitals.…

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April 21, 2014
Read more about the article HRAA Responds to ICD-10 Delay
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HRAA Responds to ICD-10 Delay

Health Revenue Assurance Holdings Inc. (otcqb:HRAA) ("HRAA") a leading provider of revenue integrity solutions for healthcare provider organizations, announced its response to the one year compliance deadline delay for converting…

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April 11, 2014