An Update from Panacea on COVID-19
We are all adjusting to a new reality in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We extend heartfelt sympathy to anyone impacted by the virus, and sincere gratitude to the healthcare […]
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, […]
Coronavirus Outbreak – Institutional (Facility) Coding and Billing for Telehealth Services
Panacea is providing guidance for institutional (facility) billing during this public health emergency. Hospitals will need to take additional steps to ensure coding and billing are appropriate during this time. […]
Coronavirus Outbreak – Provider Telehealth Coding and Billing
In an effort to provide coding and billing assistance to Panacea’s clients and the provider community during this public health emergency, we have developed some general Telehealth coding and billing […]
UPDATE: CMS and AMA payment and coding guidance for COVID-19
Panacea has summarized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) payment and coding updates being implemented during this public health emergency into the […]
Coding and Reimbursement Highlights for 2020 IPPS, MPFS & OPPS
With the CMS Final Rule published there is a flurry of activity across the industry to come up to speed on the changes. In our experience though we’ve found that for many healthcare systems it’s easier to keep track of changes to the codes, rules, and guidelines they are already using; the challenge comes in becoming aware of and implementing when new things are introduced.
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Unpacking CMS’ 2020 Proposed Expanded Rules for Hospital Price Transparency
On January 1, 2019 the Hospital Price Transparency Rule took effect mandating hospitals publish their price lists online in a machine-readable format. Hospitals complied by making their charge description master (CDM) available via download in CSV or similar format. The result fell far short of CMS’ goal of empowering patients to become “active healthcare consumers” and the agency on July 29, 2019, in response to the Trump administration Executive Order on Price and Quality Transparency, proposed expanded rules aimed at more “consumer friendly” transparency.
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Summary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) payment and coding updates for Q4′ 2019
We’ve summarized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and American Medical Association (AMA) payment and coding updates being implemented October 1, 2019. The updates should be reviewed for possible implementation in your hospital chargemaster and/or reviewed by applicable coding and billing staff.
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It’s a Fact: Revenue Integrity Programs Increase Net Revenue
Is your revenue integrity program performing at full capacity?
Perhaps more important, do you have a revenue integrity program (or department) at all?
A survey conducted by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) reports that less than half (44%) of providers contacted have a revenue integrity department to track accurate coding and charge capture, establish reasonable pricing for services, ensure legal and regulatory compliance, and develop effective financial reporting. Yet those that have established revenue integrity programs have realized an overall increase in net revenue.
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Panacea Announces Enhanced Pharmacy Revenue Improvement Solution
Panacea announces enhanced Pharmacy Revenue Improvement solution, which combines expert consultants…