Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) in several states recently ratcheted up their documentation requirements for joint replacement surgery and other orthopedic procedures. For hospital ORs, these changes represent the tip of an iceberg that calls for careful navigation.
Takeaways • Documentation and coding procedures are rife with opportunity…
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Some 800,000 knee replacements and 550,000 hip replacements are performed…