To ensure compliance in conveying device credits and to identify providers who do not, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has a specific Annual Work Plan item to address the matter.

Either through targeted device credit audits or enveloped in broader general billing compliance regulations for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), the OIG is clearly seeking to ferret out “noncompliers.” Adding fuel to the fire, the OIG also has a related Work Plan item based on device credits already reported, but done improperly: outpatient outlier payments for claims.

Reporting our lead story during the next edition of Monitor Mondays will be Michael G. Calahan, PA, MBA, AHIMA-approved ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer and vice president of hospital and physician compliance with HealthCare Consulting Solutions (HCS). Calahan will also reveal five critical mistakes providers often make in trying to comply with these stringent rules.

Other segments to be featured during the next live broadcast include the following:

• Social Determinants of Health: Ellen Fink-Samnick, a nationally recognized expert on the social determinants of health (SDoH), will report on the latest news that’s occurring at the intersection of healthcare and socioeconomics. Ellen will also conduct the Monitor Mondays Listeners Survey.
  
  
• Risky Business: Healthcare attorney David Glaser, shareholder in the law offices of Fredrikson & Bryon, will join the broadcast with his trademark segment, reporting on legal implications facing healthcare providers.
  
  
• Monday Rounds: Ronald Hirsch, MD, vice president of R1 RCM, will be making his Monday Rounds with another installment of his popular segment.
  
  
• RAC Report: Healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel, a partner at the law firm of Practus, will file the Monitor Mondays RAC Report.
  
  
• Legislative Update: Former Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) official Matthew Albright, now chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, will report on the status of healthcare legislation associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic.