Ob-Gyn Coding Alert

CMS:

CERT Report Says 7.7 Percent of Ob-Gyn Visits Were Paid Improperly

Ob-gyn lab claims have a higher 24.9 percent error rate. Your ob-gyn practice is probably active and bustling every day, but it’s possible that with all that activity, correct coding could be falling through the cracks. Ob-gyn practices logged a 7.7 percent error rate, which is only slightly less than the general Part B population, according to the latest report [...]
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