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CMS issued a press release announcing the Final Rule for CY 2023 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgery Centers on November 1, 2022. The draft of the CMS OPPS 2023 rule is almost 1,800 pages in length.
Every year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the American Medical Association (AMA) release updated coding and reporting guidelines that make additions, deletions, and revisions to the ICD-10 and HCPCS code sets, and CPT codes, respectively. During Public Health Emergencies (PHE), such as the COVID-19 pandemic, CMS and AMA will release updates more frequently. By offering ongoing medical coding training to cover these annual updates, your coding team upholds an accuracy standard and stays compliant with these revised guidelines. YES Education offers a robust catalog of medical coding updates that refreshes as the code set revisions are released, including annual updates for ICD-10-CM/PCS and CPT.
For many years, medical coding outsourcing carried several negative connotations. As experts in the industry, we’re here to tell you that outsourcing has myriad benefits, and hospital executives need to take advantage of them.
Professional fee coding can be complicated for medical coders to capture accurately. There are several strategies to ensure your coding team maintains quality and accuracy standards, including coder assessments to evaluate the team’s skills and knowledge level.
Qualified HIM consultants, such as those at YES HIM Consulting, assist hospital management by analyzing coding audit data and recommending actionable solutions to pinpoint revenue-killers in the organization.
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