In their most recent Work Plan update, the OIG has announced they will be auditing Medicare payments for inpatient discharges billed by hospitals for ...
CMS To Require Proof of Positive COVID-19 Test To Get 20% MS-DRG Bonus
In an Aug. 17 MLN Matters article, CMS stated that starting September 1, hospitals will lose the 20% Medicare bonus for treating inpatients ...
Incorrect ICD-10 Assignment of Severe Malnutrition Leads to Massive Hospital Overpayments
Last week, the OIG issued a new audit report that estimates $1 Billion in Medicare overpayments to hospitals due to improper ICD-10 assignment for sev...
HBE Advisors Offers Remote Coding, Education and Revenue Cycle Services
We know the healthcare community is facing many challenges. During this time, accurate and timely reimbursement is essential for all providers. HBE...
The AMA and CMS Release New Coding and Billing Guidance for COVID-19
Last night, the AMA released new coding guidance for telehealth services. In the release, the AMA also indicated they received updated guidance ...
New Guidelines for Reporting Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Effective April 1, 2020
The ICD-10 Committee announced today, they are adopting U07.1 (COVID-19) for reporting confirmed cases effective April 1, 2020 which is soon...
CMS Releases Two HCPCS Codes for COVID-19 Testing
In response to the widespread outbreak of the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), CMS has released two HCPCS codes for laboratories to report COVID-1...
Official Coding Guidance for Reporting COVID-19
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released Official Coding Guidance for reporting health care enco...
HBE Advisors Free Webinar
We invite you to join us October 22, 2019 at 1pm Eastern for our free presentation. Our Principal, Amy Bailey, will be discussing how ICD-10 cod...