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This final rule with comment period revises the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) and the Medicare ambulatory surgical center (ASC) payment system for CY 2015 to implement applicable statutory requirements and changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems. In this final rule with comment period, we describe the changes to the […]
The HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) Work Plan for Fiscal Year 2015 summarizes new and ongoing reviews and activities that OIG plans to pursue with respect to HHS programs and operations during the current fiscal year and beyond. The Work Plan describes the primary objectives and provides for each review its internal identification code […]
A white paper is available from AQ-IQ regarding the new modifiers effective January 1, 2014. Download it here.
Please find the following links covering various topics and updates related to Ebola from the CDC. Outbreak Update – October 25, 2014 Interim Guidance: EMS Systems & 9-1-1 PSAPs: Management of Patients in the U.S. – Updated October 24, 2014 Recommendations for Safely Performing Acute Hemodialysis in Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals […]
This checklist is produced by the CDC. Additional information is available on the CDC site.
According to CMS, some of the changes implement certain statutory provisions contained in the Affordable Care Act and other legislation. These changes are applicable to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2014, unless otherwise specified in this final rule. There are updates to the rate of increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are […]
Can you help us with a coding issue regarding spontaneous abortions? We are wondering if it is appropriate to code a delivery code is they say the fetus was delivered. The patient came into the hospital actively having a miscarriage, “She delivered the second trimester fetus, approximately 16 weeks”. Placenta was manually removed by the […]
