AHA Coding Clinic® for HCPCS - 2001 Issue 1

APCs: Six months and counting! (You're not alone)

BY DANELLE KELLY R.N., CPC, CPC-H D J KELLY & ASSOCIATES, INC.SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS Though it has been six months since the implementation of the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), the learning curve continues. The implementation has been difficult and continues to be so. Hospitals that tried to be on top of things early on, that had formed APC task forces well in advance of the August 2000 start date, still had to deal with a myriad of billing and coding issues to get claims past both the internal and Medicare OCE edits. Even the facilities that had...

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