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News

Case manager, social worker caught in $160K Medicaid scam
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
A case manager and social worker from Florida were recently arrested for billing Medicaid for $160,000 in fraudulent charges, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The pilfering pair were engaged to be married.
Hospital revisits often follow observation stays
Source: HealthLeaders Media
At 30 days post-discharge, one in five observation status patients had a revisit, such as an ED stay, another observation stay, or inpatient stay.
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CMS’ QPP proposed rule deserves consideration from providers and hospitals
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
In late June, CMS released a major proposed rule that hospitals will need to pay attention to—and no, I don’t mean to say that CMS released the CY 2018 OPPS proposed rule early, though we’ve thought that might happen since it’s been at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for several months.
 

Daily Q&A

Q&A: Choosing a principal diagnosis between anemia and malignancy
Source: ACDIS

Q. If a patient is admitted for anemia related to a malignancy and is treated only for anemia, the principal diagnosis goes to the malignancy. I understand that the malignancy was the root cause of the condition making it the principal diagnosis, but what if the patient was treated for other conditions besides anemia at the same time? Could you still code for the malignancy as the principal diagnosis?

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Wednesday 7/12 - Creating and Verifying Your National Provider Identifier Call
Tuesday 7/25 - Network & Events Revised Interpretive Guidance for Nursing Homes and New Survey Process Call
Wednesday 7/26 - ESRD QIP: Proposed Rule for Payment Year 2021 Listening Session
Monday 7/31 - Public Meeting Regarding New and Reconsidered Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Test Codes
 

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