Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Be part of Healthy Vision Month 2023. Eye disease and vision loss affect millions of Americans—including many older adults. As people get older, they’re at greater risk for common eye diseases and conditions, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataracts, and glaucoma.  Many eye diseases have no early symptoms. But the good news is that regular comprehensive dilated eye…… Continue reading July is Healthy Vision Month

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Transmittal 12123 was posted July 11, 2023. Note the Effective/Implementation Date is July 17, 2023. I. GENERAL INFORMATION A. Background: Medicare Regulation 42 CFR section 405.378 provides for the assessment of interest at the higher of the current value of funds rate (one percent for calendar…… Continue reading Notice of New Interest Rate for Medicare Overpayments and Underpayments -4th Quarter Notification for FY 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The 2024 ICD-10-CM files below contain information on the ICD-10-CM updates for FY 2024. These 2024 ICD-10-CM codes are to be used for discharges occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 and for patient encounters occurring from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.…… Continue reading FY 2024 ICD-10-CM Coding Guidelines and FY 2024 Conversion Table Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Thursday, July 6, 2023, the OIG posted two (2) Adverse Events Toolkits for Identifying Patient Harm. Toolkit: Medical Record Review Methodology             Provides an explanation of the OIG methodology, including details about our definition of            patient harm and how we categorized events by severity…… Continue reading Adverse Events Toolkits: Medical Record Review Methodology and Clinical Guidance for Identifying Patient Harm

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how our cross-cutting initiatives are advancing CMS’ Strategic Plan. CMS serves the public as a trusted partner and steward dedicated to advancing…… Continue reading National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator on July 18, 2023

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) voted to again recommend annual influenza (flu) vaccination for everyone 6 months and older in the United States, and CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H. has adopted their recommendations. The guidance around vaccine administration to egg-allergic patients changed…… Continue reading CDC Director Adopts ACIP Flu Vaccination Recommendations for 2023-2024 Season

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory (June 26, 2023) to share information and notify clinicians, public health authorities, and the public about— Identification of locally acquired malaria cases (P. vivax) in two U.S. states (Florida [4]…… Continue reading Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of the Actuary released projections of National Health Expenditures (NHE) and health insurance enrollment for the years 2022-2031. The report contains expected impacts from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including that people with Medicare prescription drug coverage…… Continue reading CMS Office of the Actuary Releases 2022-2031 National Health Expenditure Projections

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) has released its June 2023 Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System. Each June, as part of its mandate from the Congress, MedPAC reports on issues affecting the Medicare program as well as broader changes in health care…… Continue reading June 2023 MedPAC Report to the Congress: Medicare and the Health Care Delivery System

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the September 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports are…… Continue reading LTCH and IRF Provider Preview Reports Now Available June 2023