General Question for the Week of December 9, 2019
What are the supposed “other” payment adjustments CMS could subject hospitals to under the 2020 IPPS final rule?
What are the supposed “other” payment adjustments CMS could subject hospitals to under the 2020 IPPS final rule?
What does the report need to indicate to allow billing of abscess drainage codes 49405–49407?
Could a doctor use template documentation like the following in their reports? “IVC, Aorta, Pancreas: Not well seen given a combination of bowel gas and patient body habitus.” This documentation is in all of his US abdomen reports.
What are the circumstances that the new CMS authorities may act on?
Can you tell me more about the new enforcement authorities CMS recently created?
What is the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (IQR) Program?
What is the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP)?
What is the Hospital-Acquired Conditions (HAC) Reduction Program?
What are Medically Unlikely Edits?
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