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APC Answer Letter
APC Payment Insider
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CMS tears down walls for physician supervision
More physicians should be able to provide supervision for outpatient procedures after CMS... -
This month’s coding Q&A
This month's coding Q&A
Briefings on APCs
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CMS seeks provider comments on molecular pathology rates
The AMA revamped coding for molecular pathology beginning in 2012 and continuing in the 2013... -
CMS proposes change to inpatient criteria
CMS is reexamining inpatient criteria because it has seen a significant increase in the number of...
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies
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E codes: Rounding out the patient's story
Auto manufacturers rely on them to make decisions about improving passenger restraints in vehicles... -
Stopping diabetes in its tracks: How ICD-10-CM can help
More than 8% of the population in the United States (i.e., 25.8 million children and adults) has...
Briefings on HIPAA
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Long-term care facilities face additional challenges to protect resident privacy
If many acute care hospitals struggle to protect patient privacy, long-term care organizations... -
Make modifications to Notice of Privacy Practices to comply with final HIPAA rule
One task that almost every healthcare organization is going to have to tackle to comply with the...
Health Care Auditing Strategies
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Stop readmissions when you can: CMS plans to eliminate unnecessary return visits
In April, CMS announced the beginning of a pilot project called Care Transitions, aimed at... -
California’s hospital quality data reporting success
These days, quality and care are buzzwords, especially in the world of compliance.
Health Information Compliance Insider
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Paper-to-EHR transition creates HIPAA challenges for physician practices
The challenge of complying with HIPAA privacy and security requirements is significant for... -
How one student became a teacher of many
You could say that the HITECH Act changed Tom Dumez’s life. The new law Congress enacted in...
Laboratory Compliance Insider
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Facility gets Lean in its patient service centers
In 2010, officials at Wellspan Health in Pennsylvania got two clear messages that all was not well... -
CMS delays enforcement of lab requisition signature requirement; facilities now have until April
CMS will not require signatures on lab requisitions until April, a three-month reprieve from the...
Mammography Regulation and Reimbursement Report
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MRI surveillance an alternative to mastectomy for high-risk women
MRI is better at finding early cancers in high-risk women than mammography. Regular screening with... -
FDA approves breast density evaluation tool
Radiologists have a new tool to help them determine a woman’s breast density. In December...
Strategies for Health Care Compliance
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Steps to comply with HIPAA 2.0: Revise your policies and procedures
One thing the release of the omnibus final rule has left healthcare organizations asking is... -
An insider's guide: What it takes for an effective HIPAA compliance plan for business associates
Business associates (BA) definitely have their work cut out for them.