More Money for CMS Means More Medicare Audits
Published: Mon, 08/30/21
More Money for CMS Means More Medicare Audits Two years ago, the federal government created a plan to audit Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers more…
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CMS Asks Medicare Advantage Plans to Relax Prior Authorizations
Published: Wed, 08/25/21
CMS Asks Medicare Advantage Plans to Rela Prior Authorizations CMS has requested that Medicare Advantage organizations rela or waive prior…
Important News for Coders: Quantifying the Sequelae Following Acute COVID-19
Published: Mon, 08/23/21
Important News for Coders: Quantifying the Sequelae Following Acute COVID-19 Research shows that about 14 percent of adults developed at least one new…
Important News for Coders: Quantifying the Sequelae Following Acute COVID-19
Published: Mon, 08/23/21
Important News for Coders: Quantifying the Sequelae Following Acute COVID-19 Your practice is considering making a move—or has moved—to a…
Learn about 4 new CPT codes to bill for collaborative care
Published: Tue, 08/17/21
Learn about 4 new CPT codes to bill for collaborative care Your practice is considering making a move—or has moved—to a collaborative care model so…
AI Has Long Way to Go to Be Helpful in Patient Care
Published: Mon, 08/16/21
AI Has Long Way to Go to Be Helpful in Patient Care Despite skepticism, artificial intelligence (AI) can be a boon for physicians…but some…
New Regulations Include Four Final Rules
Published: Mon, 08/09/21
New Regulations Include Four Final Rules Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started the release of the 2022 final rules,…
10 Commandments of E/M
Published: Tue, 08/03/21
10 Commandments of E/M Evaluation and management (E/M) services are likely the most regulated and most often audited services in medical practices.
Medicaid Expansion Associated with Less Medical Debt Collections
Published: Wed, 07/28/21
Medicaid E pansion Associated with Less Medical Debt Collections States that e panded Medicaid in 2014 saw a 45 percent decline in the mean flow of…
CMS proposes changes to Medicare rules governing certain EM visits
Published: Mon, 07/26/21
CMS proposes changes to Medicare rules governing certain EM visits On July 13, 2021, CMS released the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed…