Inpatient acute care hospital billing staff need to make sure medical documentation submitted demonstrates evidence of the clinical need for patients to be admitted and that it fully and accurately ...
Patients using only in-network facilities still have at least 1 claim from an out-of-network provider in over 15% of inpatient admissions, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Emergency departments are now responsible for half of all inpatient admissions and accounted for nearly all the increases in admissions between 2003 and 2009, according to a new report from Rand ...
Medical necessity determinations are not just a hot button issue with Recovery Audit Contractors RACs, but also with the other 'usual suspect' government auditors: Medicare administrative contractors ...
Quick ReadMedicare pays $0 toward custodial care, which includes bathing, dressing, and eating assistance and costs $129,575 ...
On August 17, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems final rule for Fiscal Year 2019 (Final Rule). The Final Rule ...
In 2020, the CDC released research that uncovered troublesome trends in mental health of American children, including rising utilization levels for acute mental health care services among pediatric ...
Medical necessity determinations are not just a hot button issue with Recovery Audit Contractors RACs, but also with the other 'usual suspect' government auditors: Medicare administrative contractors ...