Keeping Your Chargemaster Updated is More Important Than Ever
With the recent legislation around price transparency for healthcare providers and insurers, the importance of maintaining your charge description...
Establishing a Teaching Hospital – Determining FTEs and Other Need-to-Know Items
Based on the Healthcare Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) data from cost reports with fiscal years ending July 31, 2021 through June 30, 2022,...
What’s What: Medicare vs Medicaid and How They are Related
As providers continue to explore additional reimbursement opportunities, it is important to understand the similarities and differences of Medicare...
Rural Health Reimbursement Pain Points – Part 3
This is the final part in our three-part series on rural health reimbursement pain points
Opportunity Lies Ahead: Process Improvement and Customization
As a valued member of your organization’s compliance team, the compliance auditors view process improvement as an integral part of developing an...
Items to consider before year end – cost report optimization, discharge tracking.
The Volume Decrease Adjustment (VDA) is an important benefit to assist Medicare Dependent Hospitals (MDH) and Sole Community Hospitals (SCH) when...
Rural Health Reimbursement Pain Points – Part 2
This is the second part of our three-part series on rural health reimbursement pain points.
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Program: What It Is and Recent Changes
Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments
Pediatric Preventive Medicine – Vaccine Administration
Part 1 – When a “Problem” is Discovered During Preventive Medicine Encounter
Rural Health Pain Points - Part 1
This is the first in a three-part series that highlights some of the top reimbursement pain points being experienced by rural providers.
ICD-10-CM Coding in Preventive Medicine
This is the second of a three-part series addressing coding challenges associated with preventive medicine services.
When a “Problem” is Discovered During Preventive Medicine Encounter
This is the first article of a three-part series addressing coding challenges associated with preventive medicine services.