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Preparing for CERT Audits and Practicing Compliant Documentation

EvidenceCare

Regulatory Standards CERT (comprehensive error rate testing) is a program administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that utilizes Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) to review medical records and identify potential billing errors. The goal for the compliance measure is to have over 95% of discharges compliant.

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Aflac Finds Health Care and Financial Stress will “Dampen 2021 Holiday Magic” in U.S. Households

Health Populi

In fact, medical bill angst in America isn’t just a December holidays thing: they’re a year-round source of anxiety, Aflac found. Note double-digit increases, year-over-year, for labor and drug expenses, both overall and per adjusted discharge. Total expenses per adjusted discharge all-in grew by 11.6%.

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RETAIL PHARMACY VS INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY

CareerStep

Working in a hospital pharmacy may involve going on rounds with the doctor or medical students if the particular hospital does rounds, according to Jesie Davenport , CPhT, pharm tech academic lead, and instructor. Institutional, or hospital pharmacy, involves less public interaction.

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Texas Jury Renders $10 Million Verdict in Novel Corporate Practice of Medicine Case

Healthcare Law Insights blog

The hospitalists pushed back, but the management company threatened to terminate the contract if they did not fall in line.

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Stanford’s MCiM Combines Technology, Healthcare, and Business

Accepted Blog

And so we really had a very limited vision of how we would provide that service under current billing services. Students either in MCIM or in my other classes on campus are doing work on discharge planning tools, research for rare disease platforms. I think if you’re ready, you apply during round one in the November deadline.

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Estimates of COVID-19 Medical Costs in the US: $20K for inpatient stay, $1300 OOP costs

Health Populi

In the midst of growing inpatient admissions and test results for COVID-19, Congress is working as I write this post to finalize a round of legislation to help Americans with the costs-of-living and (hopefully) health care in a national, mandated, clarifying way. Remember that on average in the U.S., Some estimates gauge U.S.