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This week's News and Events
that you don't want to miss!
Headlines of the Week
  • August 18, 2020 CMS announces resumption of routine inspections of all providers and suppliers 
  • August 13, 2020 ....40% of Nursing Homes Could Shut Down in Six Months or Less-Genisis included
  • August 11, 2020  CMS announces rural transformation model "CHART" new funding and flexibilities for rural health providers....? elimination of the 3 day hospitalization requirement for SNF's
  • August 10, 2020 Small Healthcare provider fined after email breach for failure to conduct any risk analyses, failure to implement any HIPAA Security Rule policies..., and neglecting to provide workforce members with security awareness training until 2016.
  • Reminder to Members: ICD-10-CM Guidelines Update As per AAPC, CMS released on July 1 the ICD-10-CM code descriptions, tables and index, and addendum for fiscal year 2021. There are 490 additions, 58 deletions, and 47 revisions — increasing the code set from 72,184 to 72,616 diagnoses. ICD-10-CM 2021 goes into effect Oct. 1, 2020
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APDA Action Alert, News & Events
APDA Conference planning committee is meeting this coming week to work on our Fall 2020 Virtual Conference. Keep an eye out for a "Save the Date" announcement...
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APDA ALERT! Action need by 9/7/2020!
We have heard your stories on how Consolidated billing affects your Business & those you serve......Its NOW Time to Tell CMS and Legislators...........they are NOW LISTENING!
Apda has an opportunity to represent all PXR providers in an effort towards exemption from consolidated billing, but we can't do that without your HELP. Decision makers need to hear WHY!
We need your stories ASAP. We know you have them..... such as.... Curtailing or canceling service due to delayed or non payment, and more To assist you, click on this link for a SAMPLE LETTER to get you started. Please do not include any personal information such as facility names, your company name, persons names. We will remove them if included. DO IT NOW and email your letter to membership@apdahealth.com