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Q: How are you carving out other services from observation? Are you using a standard time or calculating based on the time off the nursing unit?...Read More »

Q: How do you report observation hours prior to an inpatient admission? Or do you report these?Read More »

Q: Is there a requirement that OB nurses (or other nurses) must document at least every hour while a patient is in outpatient status?Read More »

Q: Our facility is evaluating the pros and cons of charge on dispense vs. charge on administration for medications. Are there any best practices...Read More »

Q: In a condition code 44 scenario, may we report and bill for observation hours (revenue code 762) prior to the order for observation?Read More »

Revenue integrity professionals often run across tough questions. On the NAHRI Forums, revenue integrity professionals can get advice from peers...Read More »

Q: Is it true that billing anesthetic drugs with injection procedures in outpatient clinic encounters is unbundling packaged services?Read More »

Q: Is there any specific guidance on what nursing services should be included in room and board and covered under routine services?Read More »

Q: When a physician schedules a procedure, do you evaluate the patient’s record prior to the procedure to determine whether all of the coverage...Read More »

Q: Over the last few weeks, there have been quite a few articles in various newsletters about device credits. I’m not sure we have the best...Read More »