CMS published the FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) proposed rule on April 23, introducing policies designed to significantly alter rural health payments and expedite opportunities to pay for new technology.
NAHRI’s second annual Revenue Integrity Week is fast approaching, making now the ideal time to start planning your celebration. Revenue Integrity Week is a national week of recognition for revenue integrity professionals held June 3–7, 2019. This year’s theme is Scale New Heights: Elevate Your Profession and Career.
Q: My team has asked me to look into charging for RF generator usage, which is about $850.00 per procedure. Is this something we can or should capture in the chargemaster?
Representatives from CMS and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) discussed hot topics and focus areas at HCCA's 2019 Compliance Institute in Boston, including developing interactive documentation checklists, potential changes to Stark Law this year, and methods to address the high rate of coding and documentation errors on inpatient rehabilitiation facility (IRF) claims.
CMS finalized changes to NCCI Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) and procedure-to-procedure (PTP) edits in its quarterly update to NCCI edit files, effective April 1.
The pressure is on hospitals to set pricing strategies that are competitive without risking revenue. Learn how revenue integrity professionals can help their organizations take a pricing approach that's truly strategic.
