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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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Code and guideline changes spread throughout surgery subsections
In total, the AMA added 60 new codes throughout the surgery section of the 2012 CPT® Manual, 18... -
Note major updates to pathology and laboratory section
Coders can find the largest number of new codes in the pathology and laboratory section of the 2012...
Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies
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CMS demonstration allows rebilling outpatient services after some inpatient denials
Perhaps you're familiar with the following scenario: A hospital submits a short-stay inpatient... -
CMS announces MS-DRGs set for prepayment review
RACs will soon have authority to review claims before they're paid to ensure that providers...
Briefings on HIPAA
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Latest study shows major increase in data breaches
If you thought the healthcare industry was doing a better job protecting patients' PHI, think again. -
A tight time frame for compliance audits
When Mac McMillan, CISSP, CEO of CynergisTek in Austin, TX, picked up the phone recently, he had a...
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...
Medical Records Briefing
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Consider dual coding in advance of ICD-10
Most HIM directors have October 2013 looming in their minds as the ICD-10 implementation deadline... -
HIPAA Q&A: Privacy according to HIPAA, individual states, and your own facility
Test staff knowledge of HIPAA with these questions from readers.