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Healthcare Revenue Cycle Recovery After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Healthcare Revenue Cycle Recovery After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Financial losses from the COVID-19 pandemic will have lasting effects on providers but leveraging some of the capabilities developed during crisis can build a more resilient healthcare revenue cycle. Patients have been asked to avoid healthcare facilities when possible, while more visits have been done via smartphones and laptops than in exam rooms. Meanwhile, some […]
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New Behavior Assessment Codes for Telehealth

New Behavior Assessment Codes for Telehealth

  There’s a slew of new health behavior assessment codes for 2020 and, good news, they’re on Medicare’s list of services you can provide via telehealth during the public health emergency (PHE) for COVID-19. Check out this rundown of the new codes and who should be using them. Assessment Codes Include Individual, Group The health […]
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Optimizing Self-Pay Collection to Aid Patients, Revenue During COVID-19

Optimizing Self-Pay Collection to Aid Patients, Revenue During COVID-19

Healthcare is the industry most at-risk during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Providers are on the front lines of response efforts. At the same time, the financial implications of the pandemic are also creating significant revenue cycle challenges, putting providers even more at risk during the pandemic. Individuals are postponing non-emergency care for many reasons, from […]
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Providers Support Value in Health Care Act that Amends MACRA Payment Model

Providers Support Value in Health Care Act that Amends MACRA Payment Model

Among other provisions, the bill extends the 5% advanced APM bonus for an additional six years and modifies thresholds to achieve the bonus. Thirteen national provider groups support the newly-introduced House bill, the Value in Health Care Act of 2020, a bipartisan effort that proposes to make changes to the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) […]
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New HHS COVID-19 Reporting Rules Meant ‘Chaos’ For Hospitals

New HHS COVID-19 Reporting Rules Meant ‘Chaos’ For Hospitals

Many health systems had just two days to expand or overhaul their COVID-19 patient-data-reporting practices, according to leaders from more than 10 state hospital associations. A flurry of controversy erupted this past week following the publicization of a Trump administration directive to hospitals to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when reporting COVID-19 […]
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2021 ICD-10-CM Guidelines Clarify Reporting of COVID-19 Manifestations

2021 ICD-10-CM Guidelines Clarify Reporting of COVID-19 Manifestations

  Coders should note that the temporary guidelines will expire September 30. CMS released the 2021 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting on July 8, several weeks earlier than usual. The coding guidelines, which take effect October 1, include new instructions for reporting manifestations of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), among other changes. The guidelines include a new […]
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Value-Based Incentives Didn’t Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections

Value-Based Incentives Didn’t Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections

  Value-based incentive programs in Medicare did not improve hospital-acquired infection rates and may have disproportionately penalized safety-net hospitals, a recent study shows. Two of Medicare’s value-based incentive programs did not improve the levels or trends of certain hospital-acquired infections, potentially widening the gap between safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals, according to a recent study out of Boston […]
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