July, 2021 - Make Your Revenue Smarter

IRF PPS Final Rule FY2022

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The IRF prospective payment system (IRF PPS) Addenda along with other supporting documents and tables referenced in this final rule are available on the CMS website . Prior to 2020, each rule or notice issued under the IRF PPS has included a detailed reiteration of the various regulatory provisions that have affected the IRF PPS […]

CWTC [Episode 120] Hypercoaguable State, Guillian Barre due to, Recurrent DVT

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In the “Insiders” portion, Heather Bryans describes the new code U09.9. During Episode 120, Ms Bryans discusses the Coding Clinic… Please log in to view this content.

CMS Inpatient Only List CY2022

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The 2022 List of inpatient only codes is Appendix E of the OPPS Final Rule. Table of contents for the Addenda (PDF) All the Addenda are available in a .zip file from CMS (click here to download)

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OPPS Proposed Rule FY 2022

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Medicare Program:  Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges; Radiation Oncology Model; Request for Information on Rural Emergency Hospitals This proposed rule would revise the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for […]

Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule 2022

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CMS Proposes Physician Payment Rule to Improve Health Equity, Patient Access Rule Would Expand Access to Telehealth Services, Enhance Diabetes Prevention Programs The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing changes to address the widening gap in health equity highlighted by the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) and to expand patient access to […]

CWTC [Episode 119] Sequella for SDH, Coding from the Acute Record in IRF, Routine Observation After Surgery

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In the “Insiders” portion, Paula discusses cloned medical records, which are not as uncommon as they should be. During Episode… Please log in to view this content.