Talk Ten Tuesdays
Get the most up-to-minute news and information on ICD-10. Join Chuck Buck and Angela Comfort, DBA, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, every Tuesday as they welcome ICD10monitor contributing editors and special guests to monitor and report on the progress that all healthcare stakeholders are experiencing in their respective implementations of ICD-10. Register to attend live here: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1236510&tp_key=da0e4c0f76
Talk Ten Tuesdays
CMS Requires Positive COVID-19 Test Results for 20% Medicare Add-on Payment
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started rolling out post-payment audits again, as of Aug. 3, but now – after finding inconsistencies in the accuracy of some COVID-19 tests, and considering the fact that CMS has been paying an additional 20 percent to providers and facilities “treating patients with COVID or testing for COVID” – the agency has enacted a new mandate to qualify for the increased reimbursement.
During the next live edition of Talk Ten Tuesdays, Terry Fletcher, a nationally recognized professional coder and auditor, reports on the controversy surrounding our lead story.
The podcast also features these other segments:
- RegWatch: Stanley Nachimson, former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) career professional-turned-well-known healthcare IT authority, reports on the latest regulatory news coming out of Washington, D.C.
- Tuesday Focus: 2021 E&M Guideline Changes: Grant Huang, a consultant and auditor for DoctorsManagement, will filling in for Shannon DeConda in her ongoing series about the significant changes in the 2021 E&M guidelines.
- News Desk: Timothy Powell, compliance expert and ICD10monitor national correspondent, anchors the Talk Ten Tuesdays News Desk.
- The Coding Report: Cari Greenwood, an independent coding consultant, reports on a current healthcare coding issue that has national importance.
- TalkBack: Erica Remer, MD, founder and president of Erica Remer, MD, Inc. and Talk Ten Tuesdays co-host, reports on another thought-provoking topic that has captured her attention.
