Wednesday, June 23, 2021
 

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This month’s coding Q&A
Source: Briefings on APCs

Our coding experts answer questions about ICD-10-CM coding for pregnancy with unspecified anemia, CPT reporting for multiday EEGs, and more.

Moving non-emergency cases to the appropriate level of care
Source: Case Management Monthly
Ensuring patients are being treated with the right level of care helps facilities allocate resources appropriately and keeps costs lower for patients and health systems.
Secure success: Packaging E/M audit results
Source: HIM Briefings
Audit results should be packaged to be meaningful and easy to follow. Apply these tips to create audit packages that providers will get the most out of.
Ransomware wrought havoc in 2020—sharpen tools, watch vendors to avoid breaches
Source: Briefings on HIPAA
Ransomware continues to evolve, requiring healthcare organizations to consider new strategies to prevent breaches and the loss of patient data.
Note from the instructor: OIG spotlights modifier -25 in recent Work Plan item
Source: Medicare Insider
This week's note from the instructor shines a spotlight on a recent OIG audit of modifier -25 and how to appropriately report it.
 

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This week in Medicare

This week’s Medicare updates include billing information for a new monoclonal antibody treatment for COVID-19, additional items on the OIG Work Plan, an MLN fact sheet on billing for cardiac device credits, and more!

 
 

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