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02/13/2019
The next ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee meeting to discuss proposed modifications to ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure codes will be held March 5 and 6, according to a Feb. 5 Federal Register post from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
02/13/2019
by: HHL’s 2019 Trends Survey
In advance of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM), about 82% of agencies plan to provide additional training to clinicians in 2019 about the importance of detailed documentation. That’s according to the 184 respondents to a question on HHL’s 2019 Trends Survey.
02/13/2019
by: CMS
CMS has released the chart below to explain how the various HHRGs will be recorded under the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM). 
02/06/2019
by: Megan Batty
Use these query forms, created by in 2017 by Megan Batty, HCS-D, as examples of how you can more effectively query physicians for necessary diagnostic detail. 
02/06/2019
View coding scenarios as you prepare for PDGM.
02/06/2019
Expect the most profitable codes in 2020 to look vastly different from the most profitable codes in 2018.
02/06/2019
Ensure your agency has a drug use policy in place and enforces it consistently to help protect against the many legal challenges presented by the growing legalization of marijuana.
02/06/2019
CMS has announced plans to expand its Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) demonstration to allow Medicare Advantage plans to test offering hospice services beginning in 2021.
02/06/2019
Many corrections outlined in the OASIS-D errata released in July 2018 weren’t present in the final guidance manual, leaving some confusion about what guidance agencies were supposed to follow.
02/06/2019
CMS is updating Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual in order to tweak the emergency preparedness requirements for health care providers, according to a Feb. 1 memo to state survey agency directors.

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