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How to Report Shared/Split Visits
By John Verhovshek, MA, CPC for For the Record A “shared” or “split” patient visit occurs when both a physician and…
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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 is…
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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 with…
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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 costs…
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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 criminals…
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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 System,…
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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 numbered.…
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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 PwC…
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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 the…