• ICD-10: prepare for new coding processes, increased specificity and challenges if unprepared for the transition.
• Payment cuts: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s final rule has mandated payment cuts to a number of different procedures.
• Negotiating with private payers: reimbursement cuts apply only to Medicare. Prepare to work with private payers to negotiate favorable rates.
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