Coding and Documentation

Review sweeping documentation changes and learn how reimbursement revisions could affect your organization.

Take a look at how reimbursement for commonly reported codes could be affected by the 2020 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule.

Align CDI and coding with these expert tips.

Refresh your department's training and education materials with these six tips.

The October 2019 OPPS quarterly update reassigned certain injections from non-payable to separately payable. CMS also revised the status indicators for several recently approved advanced diagnostic laboratory tests.

CMS released the 2020 OPPS proposed rule July 29, proposing to refine previous policies related to price transparency and the 2-midnight rule, moving forward with year two of the site-neutral payment policy for clinic visits, while also asking for comments on how to potentially undo its policy that reduced payments for drugs purchased under the 340B drug discount program by nearly 30%.

CMS is postponing implementation of systematic validation edits for OPPS providers with multiple service locations until October to allow enough time to analyze collected data.

Learn how to make the connections that will lead you to revenue integrity success with this issue of the quarterly NAHRI Journal.

Put CMS’ proposed changes in perspective to see the bigger picture.

Learn what you need to do now to ensure seamless Appropriate Use Criteria reporting.