NAHRI’s Revenue Integrity Symposium (RIS) is a fantastic way to network with and learn from revenue integrity professionals from across the country. But have you considered that RIS can also help hone your professional speaking skills?
The 2020 calendar year was certainly challenging for revenue integrity professionals, as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic stressed the workforce, necessitated new working environments, and led to frequent regulatory updates. Through case studies, news, and analysis in the weekly Revenue Integrity Insider enewsletter and the quarterly NAHRI Journal, NAHRI worked to keep the revenue integrity community informed of all the changes. Let’s take a look back at NAHRI’s most-read stories from 2020.
This sample novel coronavirus (COVID-19) query was developed by Sharme Brodie, RN, CCDS, CCDS-O, CDI education specialist at ACDIS/HCPro in Middleton, Massachusetts. Should you choose to use this sample, you...
The 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule, released December 2, moves ahead with most of the provisions of the proposed rule. This should come as a relief to hospitals required to implement most of its policies by January 1, 2021.
The 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule, released December 2, extends certain telehealth benefits but makes cuts to the Medicare conversion factor (CF) to offset evaluation and management (E/M) changes that would otherwise have resulted in significant reimbursement increases. Most provisions of the final rule are effective January 1, 2021.
