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NewsMedical necessity, not patient convenience, should drive inpatient stay, CMS warns
The perennial issue of medical necessity makes a grand appearance in recent CMS guidance you may have missed. The agency sends a clear message: A patient's convenience or personal needs should not Read more...
CMS reports lower error rate for 2008
Apparently, having Recovery Audit Contractors in the news frequently has pushed some providers to change their coding practices. CMS has reported that the 2008 error rate for fee-for-service payments Read more...
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