Updates on COVID-19 Billing and CS Modifier Audits
Published: Tue, 10/27/20
Updates on COVID-19 Billing and CS Modifier Audits COVID-19 continues to make news on the regulatory front with two new directives from the Centers…
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CMS Approves New, Specific Diagnosis Code for Friedreich’s Ataxia
Published: Mon, 10/26/20
CMS Approves New, Specific Diagnosis Code for Friedreich’s Ata ia The Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved a new, specific…
How to improve patient engagement through financial information
Published: Thu, 10/22/20
How to improve patient engagement through financial information Physicians may be focused on how patients are treated in their practices and the…
8 Things to Know about Vaccine Planning
Published: Wed, 10/21/20
8 Things to Know about Vaccine Planning In the United States, there is currently no authorized or approved vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease 2019…
6 best practices to sharpen physicians’ use of telehealth
Published: Tue, 10/20/20
6 best practices to sharpen physicians’ use of telehealth The COVID-19 pandemic sparked rapid growth in the use of telehealth, and what’s perhaps most…
Lessons Learned About Antibodies
Published: Mon, 10/19/20
Lessons Learned About Antibodies Antibodies are also called immunoglobulins. They are protein/carbohydrate structures of five different classes…
Coding Denials: Back to Basics
Published: Fri, 10/16/20
Coding Denials: Back to Basics While preparing for a clinical validation presentation on acute kidney injury denials, I took inventory of the most…
6 tips to boost billing and collections
Published: Thu, 10/15/20
6 tips to boost billing and collections It’s that time of year again when everyone is planning ways to make the upcoming year their best year yet. If…
Top 3 Concerns with the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule
Published: Wed, 10/14/20
Top 3 Concerns with the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule Provider groups are concerned that some proposals in the Medicare Physician Fee…
New ICD-11 Codes Set to Improve Pain Care in the Primary Setting
Published: Tue, 10/13/20
New ICD-11 Codes Set to Improve Pain Care in the Primary Setting Throughout the history of international diagnostic coding systems, including the…