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Audit reveals crisis standards of care fell short during pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide shutdown that started in March 2020 placed a spotlight on crisis preparedness within the U.S. healthcare system. Nursing homes, hospitals, and other care facilities all faced challenges and scrutiny. It was during the height of the pandemic that individuals with […]
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Proposed rule seeks to reduce administrative burdens and address delays in patient care. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a proposed rule on Dec. 6, 2022, aimed at improving the prior authorization process and interoperability between providers, payers, and patients. The Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes Proposed Rule (CMS-0057-P) seeks […]
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Your words will carry more weight when you approach doctors in a thoughtful, respectful way. In the coding and auditing world, the provider is in the driver’s seat. Generally, the provider documents the services rendered and is ultimately responsible for the accuracy of claims submitted under their name. Most providers recognize, however, that coding and […]
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CMS’ proposed actions are intended to increase price transparency, access to care, patient safety, positive healthcare outcomes, and health equity. On July 19, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new proposed actions to address the health equity gap, decrease mounting healthcare costs, and increase medical accessibility and patient quality of care. […]
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Ensure providers have the information they need, before they need it. At the point of triage, patients and family members are typically asked a series of medical interview/history questions. At this juncture, however, staff members do not have the luxury of time to ask a long list of questions and enter responses into health records. […]
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An estimated 224,390 people in the United States will be diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019. That’s 615 people each day, 26 people each hour, and one person every 2½ minutes. Lung Cancer Awareness Month — observed every November — is intended to educate the public about the potential causes and risk factors of the […]
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Collaboration and auditing are important to the health of your organization. The objective of a value proposition is to create products and services that customers want that also benefit the organization. The auditing department at Duke University Health System (Duke) recently built a value proposition based on concepts outlined in the book Value Proposition Design: […]
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Learn how to speak the same language as your payer. Every part of the revenue cycle has an impact on reimbursement, as well as on each other. For example, it’s important for the person making the appointment to confirm whether authorization is necessary before services are rendered because the lack of authorization information at the […]
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Excludes 1 and 2 notes often hold the key to preventing claims denials. There are two type of excludes notes in the ICD-10-CM classification system: Excludes 1 and Excludes 2. Medical coders need to understand the meaning of these notes because they are integral to correct coding, and payers are beginning to deny claims based […]
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