With shrinking budgets, it is important that local health departments focus on maximizing revenues. Billing is complex and confusing. Inappropriate billing is costing local health departments a lot of lost revenue. One important concept to understand is incident-to billing. “Incident-to” services are defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as those […]
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Stage 2 Meaningful Use is a bit more involved than the Stage 1 requirements. There is a lot to know and getting it straight doesn’t happen overnight. But there’s help. The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) has online training modules available to help educate Eligible Professional (EPs) and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) on how […]
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has committed to reduce the stage 3 meaningful use requirements for 2015, according to their blog post late last month. This is in response to provider uncertainties about software implementation, information exchange readiness, and other concerns. It shows a continued effort by CMS to work in partnership […]
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Public health department’s billing staff may have some huge challenges come October 1, 2015. Don’t take risks – start getting ready now! The upcoming 10th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), is meant to be a great improvement over the 9th edition, but it could mean severe financial risks if public health […]
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ICD-10-CM codes will provide comprehensive data and make it easier to conduct public health surveillance. That said, the complexity of the codes will most likely require quite a bit of training for the coding staff. Additionally, the transition to ICD-10-CM will require all necessary system upgrades and workflow changes to be in place in […]
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