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Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies

Issue 2, February 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• 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...

• Know how inpatient coders can ensure compliance

  The three-day payment window requires hospitals to include the following information on inpatient...

• Review ICD-9-CM guidelines for coding pain

  Generally speaking, coders are taught not to code signs and symptoms that are integral to a disease...

• Respiratory failure code description limitations

  In March 2011, the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee updated the following code...

• Understand new ICD-10-CM coding conventions

  ICD-10-CM will bring some new coding conventions.

Issue 1, January 1, 2012 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Bundled payment plan aims to improve care, lower costs

  Hospitals have long lamented the difficulty of obtaining physician buy-in for various quality...

• Is computer-assisted coding friend or foe?

  Learn what you need to know about computer-assisted coding.

• Scrutinize documentation in 2012 and beyond

  Even if you don't make a personal New Year's resolution, you should make a professional one: to be...

• New ingredients in CMS' regulatory alphabet soup

  By now, you're probably familiar with Medicare hospital-acquired conditions (HAC) and know that...

• BCCS 2011 index

  Briefings on Coding Compliance Strategies 2011 Index