In an effort to provide helpful information to providers, CMS has released a special edition MedLearn Matters (MLN) article that disseminates diagnosis-related group (DRG) coding vulnerabilities for ...
Diagnosis-related group coding determines eligibility for many Medicare bundled payment initiatives. This approach excluded many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease likely to benefit ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. Less than 5 percent of physician practice have made “significant ...
Federal prosecutors have intervened in a newly unsealed whistleblower lawsuit accusing Sutter Health of submitting unsupported diagnosis codes to Medicare Advantage plans that generated inflated ...
Diagnosis and treatment planning are arguably the centerpiece of dental practice. Quantifying and recording a patient's complete set of dental and medical diagnoses requires the use of a common coding ...