MLN Matters articles: CMS clarifies new criteria for determining outpatient status for critical access hospitals, and more
Medicare Weekly Update, May 19, 2009
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Medicare Weekly Update!
CMS releases MLN Matters articles
Last week, CMS released several MLN Matters articles related to transmittals previously outlined in Medicare Weekly Update.
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Claims with Medicare Severity Diagnosis Related Group (MS-DRG) 956
- Section 148 of The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA)
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Medicare Weekly Update!
Related Products
-
The Complete Guide to Long-Term Care Medicare Billing
The Complete Guide to Long-Term Care Medicare Billing provides easy-to-understand guidance to help long-term care facilities...
-
FY2012 IPPS MS-DRG Update: Analyze and Understand the Impact
During the transition to ICD-10, it is critical to keep up with the 2012 MS-DRG reclassifications and MS-DRG changes because...
-
SNF Reimbursement and RAI Changes: Billing’s Role in the Big Picture
Specific examples from the audience are used to demonstrate the impact of changes to both scheduled and unscheduled...
-
Principles of Principal Diagnosis Selection
During this live 90 minute audio conference, our expert speakers will explain the relevant guidance and discuss a variety of...
-
Principal Diagnosis for Complex Cases
During this 90-minute audio conference you’ll learn how to support your choice of principal diagnosis by reviewing difficult...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Q&A: Acute respiratory failure diagnosis does not require intubation
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- Oxygen Cylinder Storage Requirements
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- Understand the spine to code back procedures correctly
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Searched