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Elizabeth Lamkin, CEO of Pace Healthcare Consulting in Hilton Head, S.C., answers a reader's question about recovery audit contractors' denials of claims that mistakenly identify drug dosages by milligrams instead of by six-milligram units. Ms. Lamkin mentioned this problem in…
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology mentions ICD-10 implementation only once in its "Federal Health IT Strategic Plan 2011-2015," according to an ICD10Watch.com report.
With Medicare recovery audit contractors racking up more claims denials, hospitals are forced to put more time and energy into improving their claims-processing track record.
The American Hospital Association says changing to ICD-10 makes the Oct. 1, 2012 deadline for stage two of meaningful use unrealistic, according to an AHA advocacy issue paper on health information technology.
The American Hospital Association has found constant increases in hospital participation in its RACTrac initiative, according to AHA RACTrac reports.
Ernie de los Santos, chief information officer for eduTrax, has written extensively on RAC issues in the RAC Monitor and the Medical Coding Journal. Here he talks about his ongoing efforts to figure out all the riddles of RAC posts…
On Oct. 1, 2013, ICD-10-CM (clinical modification) and ICD-10-PCS (procedural coding system) will be implemented into the HIPAA mandated code, increasing the number of codes from around 13,600 under ICD-9 to around 69,000 under ICD-10. Here are four predictions from…
The American Health Information Management Association has updated its Planning and Preparation Checklist for the transition to ICD-10, according to an AHIMA report.
Physician practices must start preparing now for the implementation of ICD-10 codes, according to an article published in the March edition of Physicians Practice Options.
In a new survey, 40 percent of healthcare compliance professionals said their budgets are increasing in 2011, partly due to stepped-up activity by recovery audit contractors as well as more regulatory oversight to come, according to a release by Compliance…