CMS Final Price Transparency Rule: Take Heed in 2020
Published: Mon, 03/09/20
CMS Final Price Transparency Rule: Take Heed in 2020 Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) required that…
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E&M Changes: How Will They Affect Your Practice?
Published: Wed, 03/04/20
E&M Changes: How Will They Affect Your Practice? As many of you have heard, there are major changes coming to evaluation and management (E&M) codes in…
4 Medical Billing Errors Preventing a Healthy Patient-Provider Relationship
Published: Fri, 02/21/20
4 Medical Billing Errors Preventing a Healthy Patient-Provider Relationship A healthy patient-provider relationship that develops in the office can…
ICD-10 and CPT Coding Updates for Urology in 2020
Published: Wed, 02/19/20
ICD-10 and CPT Coding Updates for Urology in 2020 Several ICD-10 and CPT code changes came into effect for urology in 2020. Practitioners need to…
Small Data Can Play a Big Role in AI
Published: Mon, 02/17/20
Small Data Can Play a Big Role in AI More than three quarters of large companies today have a “data-hungry” AI initiative under way — projects…
New 2020 HIT regulations: is the patient's story heard?
Published: Fri, 02/14/20
New 2020 HIT regulations: is the patient's story heard? In his recent blog, Ne tGen Healthcare’s Government Affairs Advisor Chris Emper highlighted…
Underutilization of ICD-10-CM Z Codes for Medicare Beneficiaries
Published: Wed, 02/12/20
Underutilization of ICD-10-CM Z Codes for Medicare Beneficiaries It’s been two years since the American Hospital Association (AHA) shouted from the…
Deadly Virus is Spreading; its Impact is Escalating
Published: Mon, 02/10/20
Deadly Virus is Spreading; its Impact is Escalating The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus a global public health…
GI Coding: Why Is Modifier 53 on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule?
Published: Fri, 02/07/20
GI Coding: Why Is Modifier 53 on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule? The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) includes special pricing for four…
CDC to implement ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder
Published: Wed, 02/05/20
CDC to implement ICD-10-CM code for vaping-related disorder The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will implement a new ICD-10-CM diagnosis…