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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…
By Laura Miller for Becker’s ASC Review Here are 15 statistics on how electronic health records have impacted physician practices, according to the Medscape EHR Report 2012. There were 21,202 respondents in 15 specialties with data collected May 30 through June 15, 2012 from physicians who previously implemented EHR. 26 percent of physicians say that…
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…
By Gale Scott, Crain’s New York Business The Affordable Care Act’s long-term impact on employers is still uncertain. But one sector is already getting a boost from the law, recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court: Business is booming for benefits consulting firms. “We’re swamped,” said Rich Stover, a principal with Buck Consultants in Secaucus,…
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 Jordan Rau, Shots, NPR’s Health Blog The cities of New York and Los Angeles grade their restaurants on cleanliness and the precautions they take to avoid making customers sick. Now hospitals are getting similar assessments for their patient safety records from the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that’s looking to improve the quality and safety…