Revenue integrity experts, we want to hear from you. NAHRI is currently seeking speakers for the 2023 Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS), to be held September 18–19, 2023, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Automation and similar technologies are increasingly prevalent in revenue integrity but understanding best practices and long-term implications is still a major challenge. Learn how one organization is tackling misconceptions to make breakthroughs in deploying automation.
CMS finalized a higher-than-proposed payment increase that was almost erased for most non-drug services to offset ending reduced reimbursement for 340B drugs, according to the 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule. Provisions of the rule, released November 1, also detail significant changes to payment for software as a service (SaaS) and behavioral and rural health programs, such as the rural emergency hospital (REH) designation, among other updates.
CMS is moving ahead with major changes to evaluation and management (E/M) services, telehealth, coverage of dental services, and more in the 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule. The rule, released November 1, also includes updates to vaccine payments and quality and reporting programs.
Listening to NAHRI Quarterly Conference Call (free for NAHRI members) qualifies for one CHRI CEU credit upon the completion of the accompanying survey. If you’re a NAHRI member and are interested in presenting...
Learn about how earning your CHRI credential can help you take the next step in your career during this webinar with CHRI credential committee members Debbie Nash, MBA, CHRI, and Kim Yelton, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CHRI. You’ll gain insight into the knowledge domains the credential represents and how...
As hospitals and health systems face worsening margins, members of the NAHRI Leadership Council share research and strategies to advance revenue integrity and address critical reimbursement challenges.
Q: We are a critical access hospital (CAH). We provide smoking cessation therapy (CPT codes 99406-99407) in our cardiac rehab department. The documentation is done and signed by a respiratory therapist (RT), and we are currently billing this as a professional charge (on a UB-04 with revenue code 0981). My question is, can we bill this on a UB-04 as a facility charge only and still allow our RT or other ancillary staff to perform it?
