Published: Fri, 11/02/18
Healthcare Industry Publishes Balance-Billing Guide as Senators Pose Legislation As momentum builds on Capitol Hill for legislation to curb outsize or…
Published: Wed, 10/31/18
Random Thoughts about ICD-11 Several of my colleagues recently attended an ICD-11 presentation by Kathy Giannangelo at the American Health Information…
Published: Tue, 10/30/18
ICD-10 Coding for the Flu It is that time of year again – flu season, which occurs in the fall and winter in the United States, stretching from early…
Published: Wed, 10/24/18
ICD-10 Code for Lyme Disease For reimbursement claims, medical providers are required to use ICD-10-CM codes. According to the Centers for Disease…
Published: Tue, 10/23/18
The Latest Disease Scare: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is a rare and serious condition that affects the areas of the spinal…
Published: Fri, 10/19/18
OIG Audit Findings: Many Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Stays Did Not Meet Medicare Requirements In September 2018, HHS Office of Inspector General…
Published: Thu, 10/18/18
2019 CPT Codes Offer New Paths to Payment for Digital Medicine Reflecting the reality that physicians and their staff spend an increasing amount of…
Published: Wed, 10/17/18
AHA Releases 3rd Quarter Coding Clinic Those of us in the health information management (HIM) coding profession were e cited to see the third-quarter…
Published: Tue, 10/16/18
How Patient E perience in Billing Offices Impacts Patient Payments Patients with complicated medical bills are more likely to have a negative e…
Published: Mon, 10/15/18
Beware of These 3 Common ICD-10 Mistakes Oct. 1 marks the beginning of the fiscal year for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This…