While outpatient, emergency, and inpatient hospital visit volumes all continue to trend upward, they are recovering unevenly.
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Outpatient visit volumes recovering faster than ED and inpatient
Source: ACDIS
While outpatient, emergency, and inpatient hospital visit volumes all continue to trend upward, they are recovering unevenly.
July NCCI update adds sky-high MUE values for core E/M services
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
CMS recently released updates to National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) Medically Unlikely Edits (MUE) for provider services. Effective July 1, the update will restore the MUEs that CMS deleted with an off-schedule revision and assign an MUE value of 24 to dozens of services.
 

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HIPAA Q&A: Dealing with media, safeguards for COVID-19 testing sites
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: Many media organizations are filming outside the premises or sometimes even in the hospital. When they interview hospital leaders and health officials, this can be done with things happening in the background. How can hospitals prevent accidental disclosures—a patient’s face showing up in the background during an interview, for example? What should the rules be for media looking to film at the facility?
 

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Q&A: Determining dates of service for preadmitted patients
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Q: In form locator (FL) 6 of the UB-04, what date should be listed as the "from" date for a preadmitted patient?

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