The Medical Minute – MMI Medical Blog
Hospice Transfer Affects DRGs
As anyone working in a hospital already knows, diagnostic related groupings, or DRGs, are immensely important to the process of reimbursement. As a result, many hospital employees are worried about a plan proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
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The End Of GEMs Files
Coders who are still struggling to transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 will soon have one fewer tool at their disposal. Since the US officially implemented ICD-10 in 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have routinely published a list of general...
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Medicaid Expansion Benefits Rural Areas The Most
Medicaid is present across the entire country, but research shows that it has the biggest impact in rural areas. According to Georgetown University Center For Children & Families and the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program, non-urbanized areas have always...
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Reporting CMT & E/M With Modifier 25
Modifier 25 (Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified healthcare professional on the same day of the procedure or other service) often receives a lot of flak for being used excessively and...
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Reduction In CMS Regulations
Like many big organizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sometimes get a bad rap for having too many outdated or unnecessary regulations. Thankfully, the government is at least aware of these issues and is working toward reducing them. While...
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Benefits Of CDI Training
Starting off with a coding credential is an excellent way to get your foot in the door of the medical coding world, but it is far from the end of the story. Many coders choose to undergo further training and earn additional credentials in order to be better prepared...
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CMS To Begin Targeted Audits
With an insurer as big as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), it’s an inevitability that some Medicaid claims in the system will get lost or misinterpreted. What is far less acceptable, however, is when states intentionally manipulate this data in...
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Coding 2018-2019 Flu Season Vaccines
Another flu season is upon us, and that means it’s time to brush up on all the corresponding codes, particularly those associated with flu vaccines. While the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people get their vaccine early before flu...
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Medicare Exemptions For Disasters
It’s that time of year again: hurricane season. With Hurricane Florence having already made headlines across the country thanks to the widespread flooding it caused across North and South Carolina, hurricanes and the destruction they cause is now back at the forefront...
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The New Danger Of Tagging
If you’ve worked with electronic health/medical records (EHRs or EMRs) even a little bit, then chances are that you’ve heard about all the dangers associated with cloned notes. In short, cloned notes are pieces of patient information that the program automatically...
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