Top 10 Compliance Issues 2020

Medical Coding

Top Documentation and Coding issues to include in 2020 Compliance Plans What’s in your 2020 compliance plan? Make sure you are addressing these top ten documentation and coding compliance concerns. For Hospitals Risk-based review of inpatient DRG cases, examples include: RAC DRG targets Clinical indicators, cases at risk for clinical denials (e.g. Sepsis, CHF, ARF,…

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UASI Analysis of the OIG Work Plan February 2020

Medical Coding

By: Natalie Sartori M.Ed., RHIA, CCS This white paper presents an analysis of new and ongoing initiatives under the OIG Work Plan as of February 2020.[1] The paper focuses on initiatives related to HIM coding and documentation requirements and is not intended to review each and every active work plan item. Overlapping active work plan…

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