Reporting for COVID-19

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Reporting Telehealth Services - What's Temporary, What's (Currently) Permanent

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Webinar “ICD-10 Updates FY2021” begins Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 1pm Eastern

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October 1 marks the official implementation date for the 2021 ICD-10-CM changes! Are you ready? Listen in as we discuss the over 500 changes to the guidelines and code set. Learn how implementing the changes could impact DRG assignment for inpatient encounters, the additional codes provided for consideration for outpatient coding, and the latest official […]

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CWTC [Episode 98] Obs After Surgery, Order Plus POC, Selecting the PDx

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[UPDATE] Welcome to Coffee with the Coder®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee […]

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CWTC [Episode 97] PDx in Rehab, Acute Rejection in Pathology Report, Timed Physical Therapy Units, Determination of Compliance Exposure

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Welcome to Coffee with the Coder®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with […]

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IRF Data Files from CMS (FY2021)

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FY 2021 IRF PPS Data Files – Final (ZIP) Includes: IRF Wage Index Final Rule – These files contain the urban and rural Core-Based Statistical Area FY 2021 IRF wage index tables. IRF Rate Setting Final Rule – This file contains data for each of the 1,118 inpatient rehabilitation facilities used to estimate the policy updates in […]

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CWTC [Episode 96] Status Post as Etiologic, Ablation with Polypectomy, Pre-Admission Screening

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Welcome to Coffee with the Coder®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with […]

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ICD-10

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On October 1, 2015, the ICD-9 code sets used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient procedures were replaced by ICD-10 code sets. The transition to ICD-10 is required for everyone covered by the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA). Please note, the change to ICD-10 does not affect CPT coding for outpatient procedures and physician services. Click […]

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CMS Transmittals Index, 2004 – 2020

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What are Transmittals? Program transmittals are used to communicate new or changed policies, and/or procedures that are being incorporated into a specific Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) program manual. The cover page (or transmittal page) summarizes the new changed material, specifying what is changed. Each year’s transmittal page is linked below. Click on […]

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CY2021 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

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CMS issued a proposed rule on August 3, 2020, on proposed policy changes for Medicare payments under the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), and other Medicare Part B issues, on or after January 1, 2021. This document is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on August 17, 2020 Background on the Physician Fee Schedule Since […]

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IRF PPS Final Rule FY2021

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CMS issued the annual update for the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System on August 4, 2020. This final rule also includes making permanent the regulatory change to eliminate the requirement for physicians to conduct a post admission visit since much of the information is included in the pre-admission screening documentation. This flexibility was offered […]

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