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Grider Says Tearful Goodbye
April 7, 2009 4:35 PM by Lynn Jusinski

Deborah Grider, CPC, CPC-I, CPC-H, CPC-P, COBGC, CEMC, CCS-P, said an emotional goodbye as she passed the gavel to incoming AAPC National Advisory Board (NAB) President Terry Leone, CPC, CPC-P, CIC. Grider received several standing ovations during today's Read More...

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Enthusiasm Abounds at AAPC!
April 6, 2009 1:12 PM by Lynn Jusinski

It's the second day at the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) conference in Las Vegas, and the attendees are currently chowing down on breakfast. Yesterday's welcome session was high energy and humorous. AAPC directors took on roles in a skit Read More...

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Hope Everyone Behaves on the Planes
April 3, 2009 10:44 AM by Lynn Jusinski

The ADVANCE staff will be rather far flung early next week. Cheryl McEvoy is heading off to Chicago for the HIMSS conference, and I'm boarding a flight to Las Vegas early Sunday morning to take in the AAPC show. We'll be bringing you all sorts of conference Read More...

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AAPC Pleased With ICD-10 Implementation Date
January 16, 2009 2:39 PM by Lynn Jusinski

The American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) scored a victory yesterday when it was announced that ICD-10 implementation would be pushed back from 2011 to 2013. AAPC took an opposing view to that of the American Health Information Management Association, Read More...

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RAC Permanent Program Delayed
November 5, 2008 9:08 AM by Lynn Jusinski

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced yesterday that an automatic stay will be imposed on the contract work of the four Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) program. The stay is required as a result of protests filed with the Government Read More...

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CMS Announces RAC Contractors
October 7, 2008 9:03 AM by Lisa Algeo

On Oct. 6, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced the names of the new national Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs). The new RACs are: Diversified Collection Services, Inc. of Livermore, California, in Region A, initially working in Maine, Read More...

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Can ICD-10 Finally Be Happening?
August 20, 2008 9:04 AM by Lynn Jusinski

There's some movement on the ICD-10 front. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed replacing ICD-9 codes with ICD-10 codes by October 2011. According to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, "We are taking a giant step forward toward developing Read More...

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RAC Ready?
November 6, 2007 11:07 AM by Lisa Algeo

Are you ready for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program? If not, it’s time to get a move on. It seems that CMS may be accelerating its plans to expand this project to all 50 states. It has recently Read More...

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