09
Jul
Can technology help healthcare providers achieve the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim? Improve the health of the defined population Enhance the patient care experience (including quality, access and reliability) Reduce, or at least control, the per capita cost of care Let’s imagine the future for a moment. Turn on your computer every morning […]
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10
Oct
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: coding, death of patients, discharge status codes, health information software, home health informational software, home healthcare providers, hospice providers, Medicare claims, Medicare contractors, patient discharge coding, physician informationCMS, software patches
Medicare contractor CGS, which provides home health and hospice claims processing services in 17 states and the District of Columbia, has identified two computer errors that have been incorrectly rejecting certain claims for all Medicare contractors. The author provides an explanation of the errors drawn from the CGS web site, followed by specific information […]
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