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03/28/2016
If your revalidation of Medicare enrollment is coming up, don’t rely solely on your Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) to notify you. Check CMS’ new Lookup Tool.
03/28/2016

Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center’s recent decision to pay a $17,000 ransom in Bitcoin currency to regain access to its electronic health record (EHR) system from hackers is a nightmare scenario to any health care organization storing patient protected health information (PHI) online.

03/28/2016
Coders got their first look March 22 at the 2,670 proposed ICD-10-CM code changes that take effect Oct. 1, 2016, when they were issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a text file on its website. The final code changes will be posted on the CDC’s website later this year.
03/28/2016
Failing to document time spent on smoking cessation and providing details of the nature of the cessation services could be costing practices money for work the physicians are often doing anyway, experts tell Part B News.
03/28/2016
Don’t lose revenue when you code through your electronic health record (EHR) because you might be billing for lower-level E/M services than warranted and losing out on payment for some ancillary services altogether.
03/28/2016
Question: If my practice is burglarized, is that automatically a security breach under HIPAA that must be reported?
03/28/2016
New CCI edit changes that allow tobacco use counseling services 99406 and 99407 to be reported on the same day as initial observation or inpatient visits without a modifier may boost use of those codes.

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