Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

E/M Coding:

Incorrect Codes, Poor Notes, and Setting Debacles Add to E/M Fails

CMS sees uptick in E/M claims problems. Evaluation and management (E/M) services are the bread and butter of most Medicare providers' paychecks. For this reason, routine errors related to mismatched codes and inadequate documentation put E/M at the top of most Medicare auditors' checklists. According to the April 2018 Medicare Quarterly Provider Compliance Newsletter, CMS's CERT contractors are reporting that [...]
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