In 2008, only 11% of poll respondents indicated their CDI program either reviewed outpatient records for documentation improvement opportunities...Read More »
From calendar year 2008 to 2011, Medicare paid more than $65 billion for physician services. In each of these years, 2% of the physicians were...Read More »
Congress agreed to extend sequestration on Medicare for an additional year, to 2024, as an offset to restore military cost-of-living adjustments,...Read More »
Christus Saint Vincent Regional Medical Center, in Santa Fe, used ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 260 for Kwashiorkor, when it should have used codes for...Read More »
Senate Finance, House Ways and Means, and House Energy and Commerce committees combined multiple Medicare physician payment reform proposals into...Read More »
