ICD-10 Increases in Claims Denials-Where denials are likely to hit medical practices.

CARL NATALE MAY 17, 2016 - 08:04 PM for ICD 10 Watch Healthcare providers should be getting ready for an increase in claim denials. It was mentioned earlier this week that…

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ICD-10’s Impact to the Worker’s Compensation Industry

Written by Sherry Wilson and Tina Greene | Monday, 28 March 2016 04:00 A general assumption had been that states would be aligning their worker’s compensation regulations with the rest…

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Why are Incorrect Characters a Top ICD-10 Coding Challenge?

Rev Cycle Intelligence- By Jacqueline DiChiara on November 17, 2015 “They’d only take ‘sequela’ or they’d only take ‘subsequent,’ and it was not necessarily understood what those seven characters meant."…

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CMS Announces New ICD-10 Resources, Unveils July Testing Results

On Thursday, CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt offered further details about resources the agency will have in place to help providers with the upcoming switchover to ICD-10 code sets, Health…

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Government Report Cites Shortfalls in Medicare’s Screening Process for Doctors

Thousands of doctors who bill Medicare used questionable addresses, GAO report finds By CHRISTOPHER WEAVER :Updated July 21, 2015 8:09 p.m. ET Thousands of medical providers signed up to bill…

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CMS Releases FAQs To Clarify Plan To Ease ICD-10 Transition

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 On Monday, CMS released answers to frequently asked questions to help clarify recently announced measures that aim to provide physicians with some flexibility as they transition…

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CMS Announced Proposed Rule on the FY16 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

In a press release issued on July 8, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its Proposed Rule on the FY16 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS). This Proposed Rule represents…

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How Doctors can really cut costs for medicare patients.

Follow the Real Money Physicians are eyeing the wrong procedures in the quest to cut costs for Medicare patients. By Mark Pauly May 15, 2015 | 4:15 p.m. EDT Physicians have,…

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Supreme Court saves Obamacare

By Ariane de Vogue and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Washington (CNN) Obamacare has survived -- again. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court saved the controversial health care law that will…

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HHS Inspector General Issues Physician Compensation Medicare Fraud Alert

HHS Inspector General Issues Physician Compensation Medicare Fraud Alert posted on: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 The Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”)…

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