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By James Swann for Bloomberg BNA The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Aug. 24 released a final rule confirming a one-year delay in compliance for the ICD-10 code set, moving the date from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014. The final rule, which will be published in the Sept. 5 Federal Register, also…
From AHANews.com The number of RAC claim denials is up 24% relative to last quarter, according to the most recent results of the AHA’s RACTrac survey. Medical necessity denials represented the top reason for RAC denials, however, two-third of these were for care found to be provided in the wrong setting, not because the care…
Written by Bob Herman for Becker’s Hospital Review Health information management issues are usually concentrated within the revenue cycle department and other similar areas of a hospital, but eventually, the big spotlight items will make their way to the CEO’s desk. One of those HIM issues that is making its way there, if it hasn’t…
Article Sharon Easterling and Donna D. Wilson, posted by Chris Dimick, Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of AHIMA. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA website on Augist 1, 2012 and is republished here with permission. We are now midway through 2012, and still awaiting the start of RAC prepayment reviews. The program…
By Matthew Weinstock | Data By Suzanna Hoppszallern for H&HN Magazine It’s a bumpy road, but the 200-plus hospitals on this year’s Most Wired list are driving toward meaningful use of health care information technology The road to meaningful use of health information technology is riddled with detours, potholes and yield signs. Yet the 2012…
By Steff Deschenesfor for HealthcareFinance News There are plenty of unknowns concerning the financial aspects of ICD-10. Transitioning to the new codes could be a disaster for some providers. However, those who take into careful consideration their current clinical documentation and coding shortfalls and adjust them for ICD-10 specificity could see an entirely different outcome.…
By Scott Mace for HealthLeaders Media When the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in April that the required go-live rollout of ICD-10 coding would be delayed one year, to October 1, 2014, healthcare providers reacted with sighs of relief, jubilation, disappointment, or stoic determination to stay the course—and occasionally, combinations of the four.…
By Steve Teske for Bloomberg BNA Spending on federal health care programs will grow from more than 5 percent of gross domestic product today to nearly 10 percent in 2037, according to a report issued June 5 by the Congressional Budget Office. National health care spending also will continue to rise, CBO said in the…
Organizations join forces to help hospitals prepare for the challenges of ICD-10 CONDORD, OH and HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA – Dolbey, a leader in dictation, transcription, speech recognition and coding solutions for healthcare, and Alpha Systems, a premier provider of electronic patient chart management solutions, announced a strategic alliance partnership to integrate Alpha System’s data and…
From Healthcare IT News CHICAGO – AHIMA has said it before, and it is saying it again. Delaying ICD-10 deadlines is not a good idea. AHIMA filed a comment letter Wednesday with the Department of Health and Human Services’ leaders in response to a section of a proposed rule that addresses “Change to the Compliance…