MedicareFind tip: Zero in on your manual with sub-filters
CMS’ manual system is an important source of information and guidance — that’s why the “Manuals” filter appears on our results page. When you type in key words, click “FIND,” and see your list of results, you have the ability to look at only results from the manual system by clicking on the “Manuals” filter.
But — because we know that still might leave you with a lot of results — you can zero in even further. When you apply the “Manuals” filter, two new options appear in the left sidebar: “Internet-Only Manuals” and “Paper Based Manuals”. Clicking on one of these will reduce the number of results and expose another set of sub-filters — this time, the filters correspond to each individual manual’s name. Clicking on one of these lets you view only those results from that particular manual.
For example, look at my FIND for “observation services” — about 5,000 results. Clicking on “Manuals” narrows me down to 136. Going further, into “Internet-Only Manuals,” yields 59. And applying a filter for the “Claims Processing Manual” gets me down to 10 results. Compare that with the more than 16,000,000 results you’d come up against with a regular Google search.
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About the Author: Michael Iarrobino, CPC-A, is a Web editor for HCPro’s revenue cycle division. He writes and edits content related to coding, compliance, and revenue cycle, and serves as the manager of MedicareFind™.
Mariann Thompson | Aug 27, 2009 | Reply
I am the compliance officer for a new entity and an attorney.
I am using the 7 day free trial of meidicare find. I am having trouble finding a cms manual for physician owned , for profit whole hospitals. We are the first physician owned hospital in Michigan comming under the whole hospital exception. I am trying to locate a cms manual that applies to us. I thought I saw one, but now I am only finding manuals for speciality hospitals.
I also want to locate any federal statutes or regs that have diffrent requirements for physician owned for profits as opposed to the usual structure for 501 c 3 non profits.
Can you help?