October, 2015 - Make Your Revenue Smarter

FY2016 Proposed Rule: Discharge Planning (Hospitals, CAH, HHA)

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This proposed rule would revise the discharge planning requirements that Hospitals, including Long-Term Care Hospitals and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Critical Access Hospitals, and Home Health Agencies must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The proposed rule would also implement the discharge planning requirements of the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation […]

Top 20 ICD-9 to ICD-10 Crossover Tool (by Specialty)

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These printable tools are prepared to assist physicians (and coders) in the transition from ICD-9 Diagnosis Codes to ICD-10-CM. AQ-IQ found the Top 20 Diagnoses in 18 specialty practices and created this Conversion Tool for our subscribers. Not a subscriber yet? Each tool can be purchased for only $17.97 Get all 18 for only $199.97 […]

IPPS Final Rule FY2016

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CMS has released updates to the FY2016 Final Rule published August 17, 2015. Both the FY2016 IPPS Final Rule (August 17, 2015) and the corrections (October 5, 2015) are available. Description: We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals to implement changes arising […]

Health IT Certification 2015

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This document will be published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2015. The currently available copy is in .pdf format. This final rule finalizes a new edition of certification criteria (the 2015 Edition health IT certification criteria or “2015 Edition”) and a new 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (EHR) definition, while also modifying […]

Meaningful Use – Stage 3

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This document was published in the Federal Register on October 16, 2015. The currently available copy is in .pdf format. This final rule with comment period specifies the requirements that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet in order to qualify for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive […]