Bleak or Bright? The Muddled Future of Healthcare, Post-COVID
EDITOR’S NOTE: RACmonitor Publisher and Monitor Mondays program host Chuck Buck recently asked longtime national RACmonitor correspondent Mark Spivey to produce a feature article on the
EDITOR’S NOTE: RACmonitor Publisher and Monitor Mondays program host Chuck Buck recently asked longtime national RACmonitor correspondent Mark Spivey to produce a feature article on the
As part of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, or PHE, which officially ended earlier this month, the federal government gave healthcare providers considerable flexibility to
When the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) ended on May 11, many of the waivers that kept external audits in check also vanished. As a
HHS issued a comprehensive fact sheet on what providers can expect. It’s a bit ironic that being mired in a federally declared Public Health Emergency
The Three-Day Rule has returned and it’s causing confusion. When Medicare was enacted in 1965, the “Three-Midnight Rule” came with it via Section 1861(i) of
It’s essential that you and your team prepare now for the inevitability of audits. As the nation forges ahead in the wake of the COVID-19
A few weeks ago, the director of the federal Center for Medicaid and CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) Services noted that “the return of Medicaid
As many as 15 million individuals may be disenrolled from Medicaid this year. The event is “The Medicaid Unwinding.” It starts on April 1. It
COVID exceptions to end May 11. On Jan. 30, the Biden Administration announced its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency (PHE)
A deep dive into the implications of three-day inpatient stay waiver, which is set to expire when the federal public health emergency (PHE) ends.
HHS is taking steps toward ensuring a smooth transition out of a 39-month period of uncertainty.
The GAO cites deficiencies in the HHS program’s response to past PHEs. Just last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) took a significant step by
Dr. Ronald Hirsch provides tried-and-true strategies and insight into outpatient in hospital bed stays including determining the applicable definition, who uses it, and when and how to bill for this circumstance, solidified with concrete case examples and expert insight.
Practical solutions for CDM departments to protect your hospital’s revenue.
This webcast teaches hospitals how to comply with CMS price transparency rules and compare their rates with peer hospitals. It covers creating a compliant machine-readable file, comparing negotiated rates, and improving pricing decisions.
The No Surprises Act (NSA) presents a challenge for hospitals and providers who must provide Good Faith Estimates (GFEs) for all schedulable services for self-pay and uninsured patients. Compliance is necessary, but few hospitals have been able to fully comply with the requirements despite being a year into the NSA. This webcast provides an overview of the NSA/GFE policy, its impact, and a step-by-step process to adhere to the requirements and avoid non-compliance penalties.
This expert-guided webcast will showcase tips for providers to ensure appropriate capture of the work performed for a visit. Comprehensive examples will be given that demonstrate documentation gaps and how to educate providers on the documentation necessary to appropriately assign a level of service. You will gain clarification on answers regarding emergency department and urgent care coding circumstances as well as a review of how/when it is appropriate to code for E&M in radiology and more.
Set yourself up for financial and compliance success with expert guidance that breaks down the impactful changes including MS-DRG methodology, surgical hierarchy updates, and many new technology add-on payments (NTAPs). Identify areas of potential challenge ahead of time and master solutions for all 2024 Proposed IPPS changes.
Do you struggle with selecting and appending the correct modifier for your medical claims? Join our must-attend webinar, “Mastering Modifier Usage: Preventing Denials and Ensuring Compliance” to reduce claim denials and improve your reimbursement rates.
Kay Piper reviews the guidance and updates coders and CDISs on important information in the AHA’s fourth quarter 2023 ICD-10-CM/PCS Quarterly Coding Clinic in an easy to access on-demand webcast.
Get access to important guidance on each of the AHA‘s 2023 ICD-10-CM/PCS Quarterly Coding Clinics with information-packed on-demand webcasts available shortly after each official publication.
Gloryanne Bryant reviews the guidance and updates coders on information in the AHA’s third quarter 2023 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding Clinic in an easy to access on-demand webcast.
Kay Piper reviews the guidance and updates coders on information in the AHA’s second quarter 2023 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding Clinic in an easy to access on-demand webcast.
Gloryanne Bryant reviews the guidance and updates coders on information in the AHA’s first quarter 2023 ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding Clinic in an easy to access on-demand webcast.
Familiarize yourself with the dramatic 2023 changes to codes, coding guidelines and documentation requirements for evaluation and management (E&M) split/shared and incident-to services.
Dr. Ronald Hirsch breaks down significant 2023 changes to coding and billing requirements for hospital observation services, including new physician E&M coding rules.
Learn how to save your facility hundreds of thousands of dollars in repayments and fines by correctly following CMS requirements for implantable medical device credit reporting. We provide you with all the need-to-know protocols, along with the steps for correct compliance while offering best practices to implement a viable strategy in your facility.
During an exclusive RACmonitor webcast, healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel will explain in simple, easy-to-understand language the peril of the coming overpayment audits and describe your legal defenses.