PODCAST: Hospital Pricing Transparency on the Horizon.
Frederick Stodolak, Chief Executive Officer at Panacea, joined the ICD10 Monitor Monday Special Report to discuss CMS Price Transparency and what providers need to know.
The Devil’s in the Details of the New Hospital Price Transparency Rules
Raising sufficient general awareness of the new federal hospital price transparency rules set to take effect in just a little more than three months isn’t so much an issue anymore – industry leaders have been sounding alarm bells for much of the year, and even members of the public at large became well aware of […]
PODCAST: Price Transparency: What hospitals might be missing in preparing for the Jan 1, 2021 deadline.
On September 23, 2020, Greg Adams was interviewed on the HFMA Voices in Healthcare Finance Podcast. Listen to the segment.
CMS and AMA Fourth Quarter 2020 Coding Updates: Panacea Summary and Recommendations
Our revenue integrity team continually monitors announcements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) to bring you the most current and up-to-date coding and billing information. Since our last quarterly update, CMS and AMA have been actively publishing new information that hospitals and providers will need to […]
Coding and Billing Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Coding and Billing Resources for Coronavirus COVID-19 Important information that provides current coding and billing updates from all of the regulatory agencies for our clients and the provider community during this public health emergency (PHE). We will continue to update this page as new guidance is received and reviewed by our senior healthcare consultants.
Modifications to Hospital Outpatient Services During COVID PHE
Telehealth Expansion for Hospitals CMS is increasing access to telehealth for Medicare patients. What this means for hospitals is they will be permitted to code and bill during the PHE for services to which allowed physicians and practitioners employed by the hospital perform a face-to-face visit via telehealth service for a registered outpatient of the […]
UPDATE: COVID-19 Antibody & Antigen Testing
In the CMS-5531-IFC dated April 30, 2020, CMS has stated COVID-19 serology antibody testing will be coverable by the Medicare program because they fall under at least one Medicare benefit category. The serology test that detects antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVD-19, may potentially aid in identifying patients who have had an immune […]
UPDATE: COVID-19 Specimen Collection for Hospitals & Physicians
In the CMS-5531-IFC Dated April 30, 2020, CMS confirmed new guidance for specimen collection services and payment. It is important for hospitals and physicians to review the applicable coding guidance summarized below and implement use for claims reporting as soon as possible. Hospital Outpatient CMS is creating a new E/M code to support COVID-19 testing […]
CMS Final Price Transparency Rule: Take HEED in 2020
Effective January 1, 2019, CMS required that a hospital publish their chargemaster online for consumers. At the time it was made clear by CMS that this would be the first of potentially many initiatives geared toward increasing transparency around hospital and other provider fees. The goal of all of these changes is to improve the […]
Panacea Developing News: New ICD-10-CM code for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), April 1, 2020
On March 18, 2020, the CDC announced the decision to implement in the United States use of new emergency temporary ICD-10-CM diagnosis code, U07.1 COVID-19, effective for use April 1, 2020 to facilitate coding of claims during this pandemic.