CMS Strengthens Decentralization Push, Gives States More Medicaid Authority
Published: Tue, 08/21/18
CMS Strengthens Decentralization Push, Gives States More Medicaid Authority Aiming to cut down on regulatory burdens and give more power to states,…
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Is it Patients over Paperwork, or Providers over Patients?
Published: Mon, 08/20/18
Is it Patients over Paperwork, or Providers over Patients? Has my entire career been based on a lie? For 33 years, I have been espousing the party…
CMS Gives $925M Payment Boost to Post-Acute Providers
Published: Fri, 08/17/18
CMS Gives $925M Payment Boost to Post-Acute Providers CMS issued final rules July 31 that increase payments to inpatient rehabilitation facilities and…
Are HIM Coding Professionals Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity? Part II
Published: Thu, 08/16/18
Are HIM Coding Professionals Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity? Part II I want to highlight some of the comments, opinions, and questions…
HIM Coding Professionals Told They’re Not Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity
Published: Wed, 08/15/18
HIM Coding Professionals Told They’re Not Qualified to Query for Clinical Validity For nearly a century, since Grace W. Myers of Massachusetts General…
OIG: Open Payments Program Needs to Improve Data
Published: Tue, 08/14/18
OIG: Open Payments Program Needs to Improve Data The Open Payments database needs to improve the accuracy, precision and consistency of some of its…
CMS Moves Medicare Payments for Skilled Nursing Facilities to Value
Published: Mon, 08/13/18
CMS Moves Medicare Payments for Skilled Nursing Facilities to Value CMS recently finalized a rule that will shift the Medicare payment system for…
ICD-10-CM Guidelines for 2019 are Here - These are the Changes
Published: Sat, 08/11/18
ICD-10-CM Guidelines for 2019 are Here - These are the Changes CMS and the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics released changes to the…
Ready for PDPM?
Published: Fri, 08/10/18
Ready for PDPM? It's been an open secret that the federal government has, for years, wanted to change long-term care's payment system from one…
CMS Proposed E&M Changes Would Eliminate 1995 and 1997 Guidelines
Published: Thu, 08/09/18
CMS Proposed E&M Changes Would Eliminate 1995 and 1997 Guidelines Major E&M changes on the horizon. Probably the biggest change in healthcare in two…