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November 29, 2018
DRG Mismatches
By Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP for For the Record When discrepancies occur, the ensuing reconciliation process serves...
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November 15, 2018
Hospitals slammed with $380M in CMS cuts, industry cries foul
By Samantha Liss for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: With its final Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rule for 2019, CMS...
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October 18, 2018
CMS bid to overhaul E/M codes leaves few happy
With its proposed changes to payments and documentation for office visits, the agency is effectively forcing providers to reckon...
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August 23, 2018
8 most common medical coding errors
By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review In June, federal officials charged 601 defendants in alleged schemes involving about $2 billion in...
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August 9, 2018
Health Care Goodfellas: Mafia Turns to Medicare Fraud
By Edecio Martinez for CBS News MIAMI (AP) Lured by easier money and shorter prison sentences, Mafia figures and other violent...
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August 8, 2018
CMS finalizes rule requiring hospitals to post prices online
By Tony Abraham for Healthcare Dive Dive Brief: CMS on Thursday issued its final rule on the Inpatient Prospective Payment...
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March 8, 2018
What the Hospitals of the Future Look Like
By Laura Landro for The Wall Street Journal The days of the hospital as we know it may be...
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January 11, 2018
Here are the 12 healthcare issues that will define 2018, according to PwC
Artificial intelligence, IoT, cybersecurity, disaster preparedness and the patient experience are some of the prime concerns, according to the...
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November 2, 2017
Which 10 US states have the most overworked nurses?
By Mary Rechtoris for Becker’s Hospital Review There is a shortage of nurses throughout the U.S., with Hawaii having...
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August 9, 2017
CMS backs off proposal to make hospital accreditor investigations public: 5 things to know
By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality Federal health officials withdrew a proposal to require healthcare...
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Coding tip of the day: Don’t take non-covered service denials at face-value By Rachel Tirabassi on November 28, 2018