CMS added new Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes and made status indicator (SI) and code descriptor changes for outpatient skin substitute claims.
CMS recently issued a final national coverage determination (NCD) for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) using antiretroviral drugs to prevent HIV in high-risk individuals.
Healthcare organizations are under more and more pressure from denials, impacting hospitals’ bottom lines and ultimately resources they have available to care for patients. Those in the revenue integrity and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) fields are