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HCC coding, consulting, and auditing is one of YES HIM Consulting’s many niche specialties. During a recent HCC consulting project, YES consultants assisted a medical product software company with research, analysis, and recommendations to bridge the gap between technology and medical coding.
The FY 2023 IPPS Proposed Rule draft was released on April 18th, and will be published in the May 10, 2022 Federal Register. Comments on the rule will be accepted until June 17, 2022, with the Final Rule expected in early August and implementation of all changes on October 1, 2022.
The Refresh With YES: CM Mental and Behavioral Disorders Learning Path teaches learners how to apply ICD-10-CM codes for mental and behavioral disorders, such as non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), depression, and substance use.
The year 2022 was a crucial year for the healthcare industry overall, as well as for the medical coding field. There was an abundant amount of coding updates released to report changes to telehealth services and COVID-19 treatments and tests.
Health systems would not blindly purchase a medical practice without first doing their due diligence to review the practice’s finances, physicians, coding and billing, compliance, properties, and potential liabilities or other issues. And that’s where due diligence audits come in.