Coronavirus Creates Cornucopia of Fraud
Published: Wed, 07/01/20
Coronavirus Creates Cornucopia of Fraud The COVID-19 crisis in the United States has opened vast opportunities for fraud of every type. The scale and…
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Coronavirus: AMA releases new CPT code for antigen tests
Published: Tue, 06/30/20
Coronavirus: AMA releases new CPT code for antigen tests The American Medical Association (AMA) has a release an update to the Current Procedural…
How Cleveland Clinic created a telehealth team and new documentation to tackle coding, billing changes
Published: Mon, 06/29/20
How Cleveland Clinic created a telehealth team and new documentation to tackle coding, billing changes When CMS issued sweeping regulatory changes on…
Artificial intelligence in medicine: Getting smarter one patient at a time
Published: Sat, 06/27/20
Artificial intelligence in medicine: Getting smarter one patient at a time What if doctors had more time to spend addressing their patients' concerns?…
CMS: Value-Based Reimbursement Key to Addressing Health Disparities
Published: Fri, 06/26/20
CMS: Value-Based Reimbursement Key to Addressing Health Disparities Health disparities proven by Medicare claims data during the COVID-19 crisis…
Secure Payment Processing to Protect Patient Privacy
Published: Thu, 06/25/20
Secure Payment Processing to Protect Patient Privacy HIPAA’s Privacy and Security Rules specify 18 data elements that an individual could use as a…
HHS Issues Requirements for Additional Data and Timely Submission of COVID-19 Testing
Published: Wed, 06/24/20
HHS Issues Requirements for Additional Data and Timely Submission of COVID-19 Testing With concerns of COVID-19 having a disproportionate impact on…
COVID will become an Excuse for Future RAC and MAC Audits
Published: Tue, 06/23/20
COVID will become an E cuse for Future RAC and MAC Audits Being nice can get you in trouble. But as David Glaser, Dr. Ronald Hirsch, and I have said…
CMS releases FY 2021 ICD-10-PCS code set and official guidelines
Published: Mon, 06/22/20
CMS releases FY 2021 ICD-10-PCS code set and official guidelines CMS recently released the fiscal year (FY) 2021 ICD-10-PCS code set, which includes…
Offshore Coding: HIPAA Risks
Published: Sat, 06/20/20
Offshore Coding: HIPAA Risks From a compliance e posure perspective, we believe that the HIPAA risk associated with sending PHI abroad is simply…