The below articles are all published in BC advantage
Magazine and written and contributed by Tina
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ICD-10-CM/PCS Discussions
ICD-9-CM has been around since 1977, and was implemented in the U.S. in 1979. If you have been in healthcare since that time, you remember when ICD-9 was new and exciting. If you have any old ICD-9 coding books you can see how the changes in the past...
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Laws about Gainsharing
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has issued three Special Advisory Bulletins on gainsharing arrangements, going back to 1999. "The definition of "gainsharing" refers to an agreement or arrangement in which a hospital provides an inducement t...
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