According to the federal government, one in five elderly patients is readmitted to a hospital within 30 days after leaving that hospital. Though many of those readmissions are unavoidable owing to the unexpected change in the patient’s condition or a planned follow-up...
With ICD-10 deadline extension, radiology practices now have an extra year for preparation and they should utilize this opportunity to prepare well for the transition. When the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA) was signed on April 1, 2014, the American...
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more number of Americans became insured with the objective to gain increased access to healthcare. But, what if there aren’t enough specialists to handle the rising number of patients? According to a recent...
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released prospective Medicare payment rules for 2015 recently, they proposed a 2% increase in outpatient visit reimbursements for hospitals and a 1.2% hike for ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). As the...
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, identified by ICD-10 diagnostic code A98.4 has taken toll of around 1,000 people. It needs to be effectively managed to avoid an outbreak of epidemic proportions. Some Facts about Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Ebola is...