By Hannah Nelson
May 17, 2023 – Clinician EHR documentation time went down slightly following changes to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding requirements, according to a research letter…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement the IRF Review Choice Demonstration, subjecting inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) to thorough claim reviews for at least six months. The American Hospital Association (AHA)…
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Theja Birur, Chief Technology Officer & Founder, 4L Data IntelligenceIn 2020, the Department of Justice estimated that fraudulent, wasteful, and abusive (FWA) billing practices account for more than $100 billion of the nation’s healthcare…
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What You Should Know:Get Well, a global leader in digital patient engagement, today announced it has expanded its industry-leading digital patient engagement portfolio to include new social determinants of health (SDOH) screening solutions.The new solution…
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By Mark Melchionna
May 09, 2023 – Earlier this month, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) announced errors in Medicare reimbursement for some psychotherapy services, including those provided…
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Medicare improperly paid $580 million for psychotherapy care in the first year of the pandemic, including $348 million for telehealth services, according to an audit by the Department of Health and Human Services Office…
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Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s…
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The U.S. healthcare system’s shift from volume to value has been a trudging fifteen-year journey. Despite its potential to reduce costs and improve quality of care, the national movement toward value-based care has been…
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Russ Johannesson, CEO at GlookoThough we seldom see their use in our modern world and, even then, only in fiction, there was a time when it was common for people to actually use things…
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has tightened its enforcement process for the hospital price transparency rule. Hospitals failing to submit a corrective action plan on time or within 45 days will…
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