Acute care hospitals paid via IPPS and who meaningfully use EHRs can see a 4.3% increase in payment rates that reflect a market basket update of 4.1%, a 25-year high. Additionally, long-term care hospitals (LTCHs) will see an increase of 2.4% or $71 million.
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Providers should learn from recent convictions to reduce their risk of committing telehealth fraud and abuse as federal oversight is expected to continue.
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Three common ways healthcare organizations ignore operational readiness in their Epic implementation process.
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The digital data proliferation has also opened doors for information security risk. All hospitals and health systems are at risk no matter size, location or prominence.
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On August 26, 2022, the final rules were published by the Internal Revenue Service and the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor (the Departments) addressing the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process and payor “downcoding” (meaning when a payor assigns a service or item a lower level than originally billed).
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