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APCs Weekly Monitor
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Q/A: Billing telemetry daily monitoring
Q: Can our hospital code and bill telemetry daily monitoring in conjunction with a chest pain... -
Tip: CPT Chapter 11 codes take precedence in OB/GYN cases
When coding OB/GYN procedures, remember that ICD-9 codes 630–679 in Chapter 11 (Complications...
CDI Strategies
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News: Four states start ZPIC reviews, others begin soon
Health Integrity LLC, the zone four (Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) Zone Program... -
Strategy: Position your CDI role to meet the evolving world of healthcare reform
With so much attention on healthcare reform and CMS’ shift toward paying for quality, CDI...
Coding Educator
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November is Diabetes Awareness Month
As children polish off the last bit of leftover Halloween candy, it comes to mind that sugar is not... -
Class Act
NAME: Shannon E. McCall, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-I, CCDS HOMETOWN: Richmond (Chesterfield), VA
HIM Connection
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Providers report first RAC denials in Florida, South Carolina
Healthcare providers in several states received their first RAC denials. Connolly Healthcare, the... -
Protecting PHI stored in Microsoft applications
Q. How should we manage the tracking/logging of PHI that may be stored in standard Microsoft...
HIPAA Weekly Advisor
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Q&A: prescription records
Q. May a spouse obtain the prescription records of an incarcerated spouse without written... -
CVS to pay $2.25 million settlement for potential privacy breaches
CVS will pay the price for potential privacy breaches on millions of patients’ records.
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New HHS Web site
HHS launched a new Web site including content on HIPAA regulations under a user-friendly format.
JustCoding News: Inpatient
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Healthcare happenings: Medicare makes Medically Unlikely Edits available to the public
CMS announced that it will publish the majority of its Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) as of October...
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New on JustCoding Platinum!
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HIM directors’ salaries on the rise, but profession isn’t exempt from poor economy
HIM director salaries are on the rise, according to HCPro’s Medical Records Briefing salary...
Medicare Weekly Update
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CMS Public Events: No events this week
There are no public events this week.
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MedicareFind users: We’ll help FIND what you need
MedicareFind subscribers and free trial users -- do you need help finding transmittals, rulemaking... -
Note: More on deductibles and coinsurance
CMS recently published the Part A deductible and coinsurance and Part B deductible amounts for CY...
The RAC Report
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HealthDataInsights posts several new RAC DME claim issues
HealthDataInsights (HDI) has added multiple new RAC issues to their CMS-approved list in late... -
Could RAC mass adjustment changes mean increase in automatic audits?
Providers who believe their RAC denials will be limited to 200 every 45 days (corresponding with...