Utah Pathology Services, Inc. experienced an email hack in late June that may have exposed the personal information of 112,124 individuals, according to the Office for Civil Rights breach report.
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Utah Pathology Services email breach exposes information of more than 100,000 individuals
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
Utah Pathology Services Inc. experienced an email hack in late June that may have exposed the personal information of 112,124 individuals, according to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) breach report.
CMS' proposal to update MS-DRGs based on market prices
Source: HealthLeaders Media
A key objective is to enable updates to the MS-DRG payment rates that are no longer dependent on gross charges billed by hospitals that are reduced to cost using hospitals' cost report data.
 

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Taking a first look at CPT code changes coming your way in 2021
Source: Revenue Cycle Advisor
CMS is moving forward for E/M changes for physician billing according to the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Read about those changes, as long as a preview of new CPT codes that will be added for 2021.
 

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Q&A: Determining how much clinical evidence warrants a query
Source: ACDIS

Q: If an echocardiogram shows a type of trace/mild/moderate regurgitation, is that enough to query for that diagnosis? Or is this considered an insignificant finding?

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