News & Analysis

July 15, 2019
Briefings on HIPAA

Large-scale data breaches in the healthcare industry show no sign of decreasing. In this mid-year recap, we discuss the largest breach of 2019.

July 15, 2019
Medicare Web

Q: What are the pros and cons of conducting a 100% retrospective charge segregation review for clinical trial claims?

July 12, 2019
Medicare Web

The Nemadji Research Corp., a patient eligibility and billing service based in Minnesota, announced that the protected health information of thousands of patients may have been exposed earlier this year after a Nemadji employee fell victim to a phishing attack.

July 12, 2019
Medicare Web

The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) is key to revenue integrity success. Understanding its benefits and limits is important for any successful revenue integrity program.

July 12, 2019
Medicare Web

Q: What is the appropriate ICD-10-CM code assignment for acute cellulitis in a patient with Type 2 diabetes?

July 11, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor addresses some of the issues arising from the start of a new Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) contracting cycle. 

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