It’s hard to believe planning for the 2019 Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS) is already underway. It feels like just yesterday we were all gathered in Phoenix exchanging ideas, learning about the latest regulatory changes, and soaking up that desert sun at 2018 RIS. The symposium is NAHRI’s official annual conference and you do not want to miss what we have in store this year.
Q: We have patients that come to the emergency department (ED), are seen by a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, doctor of osteopathic medicine, or medical doctor, have tests ordered, then leave before the tests results are given to the patient. Can the facility charge an ED visit or not?
CMS' administratorurged hospitals to go above and beyond the price transparency requirements laid out in the 2019 IPPS final rule. The requirement that hospitals post a list of their standard charges online in a machine-readable format went into effect January 1.
CMS released additional instructions to the Medicare Claims Processing Manual for the accurate interpretation of claim edits and assignment of modifiers -59 and -91 on Medicare Part B claims.
