To prioritize patient safety, CMS is seeking public comment on three options for updating the overall hospital quality star rating methodology and whether hospitals that performed in the bottom quartile in the Safety of Care measure group should be eligible to receive five-star ratings. The opt...
Reimbursement for virtual communication services – which are considered mHealth rather than telehealth services – now includes online digital evaluation and management services, which are not face-to-face or patient-initiated and are conducted through a secure portal. Beneficiary cons...
New patient or IPPE: No rate adjustment provided. 1.33 rate adjustment for new FQHC patients and IPPE visits Ability to bill for additional visits on the same day: Permitted when an illness or injury occurs subsequent to the initial visit, and when mental health, diabetes, self management/medic...
the code "would not be appropriately reported, such as when the care furnished during the [office] E/M visit is provided by a professional whose relationship with the patient is of a discrete, routine, or time-limited nature," the
CMS CoPs for nursing services require, at this time, that each department be sufficiently staffed “to ensure, when needed, the immediate availability of a registered nurse for bedside care of any patient.” Some providers have interpreted “bedside” to mean i...
The final rule implements a program—authorized by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act—that allows qualified organizations to access patient-protected Medicare data and produce public reports on physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers. Such reports, according to the agency,...
CMS addresses reopening the health care system in regions with low incidence of COVID-19 - New guidance from CMS might help agencies address patient ...
“Front line healthcare providers need to be able to focus on patient care in the most flexible and innovative ways possible. This unprecedented temporary relaxation in regulation will help the healthcare system deal with patient surges by giving it tools and support to create ...
Compared with office BP monitoring, ambulatory BP monitoring devices produce a large number of readings in the patient’s regular environment. The use of ambulatory BP monitoring was referenced in several guidelines and recommendation statements. ...
scanner (3DHistech). The use of patient data and tissue have previously been approved by the Ethics Committee of the Canton of Bern, Switzerland (KEK2017-01783). All relevant guidelines of the Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland were followed for the study...