Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
Medicare Pumps Up Insulin Coverage
Older patients can now benefit from stem cell transplants
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to expand coverage for four vital therapies that could help your patients. They are:
Carotid artery stenting, which CMS will cover for patients who can't undergo the alternative therapy, known as carotid endarterectomy (CEA), because it would be too risky for them. Carotid artery stenting is less invasive than CEA, and involves using a catheter to place the stent to widen an artery that fatty deposits or plaques have narrowed.
Part B Insider (Multispecialty) Coding Alert
- Evaluation & Management:
Docs Kissed Nearly $1 Billion Goodbye In 2004
But the AMA doesn't want to tinker with E/M coding again
You could be [...] - New Codes:
Open Door Laminoplasty Code Still Leaves Open Questions
CPT Codes 2005 includes two new spinal surgery codes, but an important new technique is [...] - CMS Seeks Ethnic Cancer Care Proposals
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted a new $25 million demonstration project inviting [...] - Downcoding:
You Could Be Selling Yourself Short 14.4 Percent Of The Time
For 14.4 percent of claims processed by the carriers, the documentation supported a higher-paying code, [...] - What's One E/M Level Between Auditors?
When a physician upcodes or downcodes an evaluation and management claim, most of the time [...] - New Codes:
CMS Gives An Extra 50 CM To Gastric Bypass Surgeons
The addition means fewer denials for procedures
Not only did CPT Codes [...] - Coverage:
Medicare Pumps Up Insulin Coverage
Older patients can now benefit from stem cell transplants
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...] - Studies & Surveys:
No Easy Culprits For Skyrocketing Doc Costs, Report Says
Congress asked the Medicare Payments Advisory Commission to look into a couple of physician-related issues [...] - Part B Coding Coach:
Don't Drop The Ball When Doing Discharge Documentation
Use these 3 tips to improve your 99238 and 99239 reimbursement
Incorrectly using hospital discharge codes [...] - Physician Notes:
Physician Pay Formula Is Broke - Will Congress Fix It?
Don't hold your breath, say Washington insiders
To physicians, the danger is [...]
