January was full of successful local chapter events despite Mother Nature’s best attempts to cover them with a wet, snowy blanket, and chapter leaders have much in the works for February and March.Read More »
When asked about the greatest obstacle in ICD-10 planning and implementation, survey respondents pointed to the continuing uncertainty about the final implementation date as their No. 1 concern, followed by staffing and competing priorities as additional difficulties.Read More »
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell announced last week plans to ramp up Medicare payment reforms featuring alternative payment models and value-based payments.Read More »
Query revision for ICD-10-CM/ PCS compliance is underway for at least 51% of those responding to a recent ACDIS poll. Of the 657 responses, 46% indicated that their facility has not embarked on a query update project, with 3% waiting until after the implementation date and 14% indicating they...Read More »
Thursday, January 29, Deanne Wilk, CDI and inpatient coding manager at Good Samaritan Health System in Lebanon, Pennsylvania will host the area’s first meeting. Those interested in joining her can email her at deannewilk@yahoo.com or ...Read More »
The battle over timely reviews for Medicare claims denials continues despite a federal court’s decision to dismiss an American Hospital Association (AHA) lawsuit in December. The suit, brought by the AHA and several hospitals, sought to have the courts compel the Department of Health and Human...Read More »
Both hospital inpatient and outpatient payments require substantial increases in payments in fiscal year (FY) 2016 to offset an expected negative 9.0% overall margin in FY 2015, the American Hospital Association (AHA) told the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) in comments it...Read More »
