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Issue Date: May 2005
HIPAA Security Rule Catching Many Medical Practices Off Guard
What Is Your Diagnosis? A Look at the Revised ICD-9-CM Guidelines
At this point, you might think that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has become the center of a regulatory solar system with so many of your routine tasks now revolving around its many tenets. That ever-present acronym can now be found in still another place: the recently modified ICD-9-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting. The latest version went into effect on April 1 of this year.
Rounds and Revenue: Billing for Hospital Visits
When selecting a level of service for care rendered to inpatients, you can base your choice on time expended rather than on the scope of history, physical, and medical decision-making. You should consider this option when more than 50% of an encounter is devoted to coordination of care or counseling.
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