Real-world Examples of Clinical Documentation that Will Result in Payment...
In our previous story, we reprinted a letter from a payment denials and appeals consultant who told a client he would stop representing their appeals until they improved their staff’s clinical...
View ArticleConsultant Fires Client Over Inadequate Documentation
Dear Ms. Smith, After our long relationship as consultant and client, please know that I care for you and Mr. Smith and your business. Otherwise, I would not have gone through this much effort to draw...
View ArticleInadequate Clinical Documentation Cause of Most Payment Denials
Even before President Obama’s promise to hire bounty hunters to eliminate waste and fraud from Medicare, Regional Home Health Intermediaries had been stepping up their rate of payment denials. Most...
View ArticleNotable Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
Partners 7th Annual Connected Health Symposium Payment denial/appeals consultant has urgent message for Medicare providers Partners 7th Annual Connected Health Symposium The Way Forward: Reform’s New...
View ArticleThe Growing Importance of Revenue Cycle Management: Introduction to Decade’s...
More than the latest buzzword, Revenue Cycle Management is a philosophy for running a business. In today's Medicare, Medicaid, Private Duty and non-skilled homecare services businesses, managing...
View ArticleDelta Announces It Will Sponsor New NAHC/Fazzi Study of Hospital Readmissions
20% of fee-for-service Medicare patients are readmitted within 30 days of discharge, and 34% return to the hospital within 90 days. Reasons cited most often are unclear discharge directions, especially...
View ArticleHospitals Say Medicare’s RAC Program Reduces Fraud and Errors But Is Still...
Recovery Audit Contractors are revealing early signs that they may soon take an interest in home care. What can we learn from the way they have been treating hospitals? A new survey indicates we can...
View ArticleCuraport Launches New Educational Services
ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Curaport, LLC, the new online resource for healthcare education, has announced new features and content for 2017. The Curaport web site now offers new webinars, podcasts,...
View ArticleCMS Ordered to Create Its Own Corrective Action Plan
On February 1, 2017, a judge in the so-called Jimmo case ordered the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enter into a Corrective Action Plan (CAP). The CAP requires CMS to provide more...
View ArticleAll Aboard!
The 8th annual Compliance Cruise, an educational opportunity organized by the law firm of Pearson & Bernard, has been set for January 13-20, 2019.
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