ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
CMS: ED Practitioners Log Among the Highest Improper Payment Rates
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ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert
- ED Payments:
Anthem Extends Policy Denying "Inappropriate" ED Visits to 3 More States
Physician groups, lawmakers fight against expanded policy. Private insurer Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is [...] - Part B Payments:
CMS: ED Practitioners Log Among the Highest Improper Payment Rates
The agency says EDs improperly billed over $315 million to Part B. Emergency departments are [...] - Patient Privacy:
CMS Lays out New Texting Guidelines — Are You at Risk?
CMS explicitly prohibits texting physician orders. Texting is such a ubiquitous form of communication that [...] - You Be the Coder:
Count Muscles to Pinpoint TPI Code
Question: A patient reported to the ED complaining of spasming pain in her left calf. [...] - Reader Question:
Avoid Modifier 25 for Multiple Procedures
Question: We performed a nail bed repair and an arm laceration repair during the same [...] - Reader Question:
Use ICD-10's Supplementary Words to Your Advantage
Question: Our ED physician diagnosed a patient with a traumatic central perforation of the right [...] - Reader Question:
ICD-10 Offers More Than One GERD Dx
Question: A patient presented to our ED because of burning throat painand denied chest pain. [...] - Reader Question:
Multiple Dx Codes Aren't a Necessity for Modifier 25
Question: One of our physicians is of the belief that he must link any E/M [...] - Reader Question:
Differentiate Flu From Flu-Like Symptoms
Question: We have had a record number of patients coming to the ED with flu-like symptoms, [...]
