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APCs Weekly Monitor

• 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...

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CDI Strategies

• 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...

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Coding Educator

• 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

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HIM Connection

• 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...

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HIPAA Weekly Advisor

• 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.

• New HHS Web site

  HHS launched a new Web site including content on HIPAA regulations under a user-friendly format.

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JustCoding News: Inpatient

• 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...

• New on JustCoding Platinum!

  New on JustCoding Platinum!

• 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...

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Medicare Weekly Update

• CMS Public Events: No events this week

  There are no public events this week.

• 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...

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The RAC Report

• 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...