- Technology & Innovation: Understand What’s in President Trump’s AI Executive Order - (Feb 12, 2025)
Find out if federal land will open for AI development. On Jan. 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) regarding artificial intelligence (AI) development in the United States. The order provides new direction for federal agencies and [...]
- ICD-10-CM Coding: Refresh Your Knowledge on Diagnosis Coding for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health - (Jan 16, 2025)
Do you know how to accurately use the F10.- to F19.- code range? The 10th edition of the ICD-10-CM code set includes the code range F01.- (Vascular dementia) to F99 (Mental disorder, not otherwise specified) for mental and behavioral health [...]
- E/M Coding: Could You Be Accused of Upcoding for Your Level 4 E/M Code Selections? - (Dec 03, 2024)
Hint: Never forget medical necessity when selecting codes. Ever since the evaluation and management (E/M) codes were updated in 2021 to make time and medical decision making (MDM) the leading code selection criteria, many practices are finding that they qualify [...]
- Practice Management: Prep Your Holiday Schedule With 5 Proven Fee-for-Time Billing Tips - (Dec 03, 2024)
Accurately collect for these fill-in providers, previously called locum tenens. With the holiday season approaching, it’s likely that your providers will be taking time away from the practice. If you’re planning on using fill-in providers, you’ll need to update your [...]
- Pain Management Coding: Know Synonyms for Shingles to Improve Dx Selection - (Oct 28, 2024)
Question: Encounter notes indicate a patient suffered from “herpes zoster myelitis,” but I know that the nurse practitioner (NP) said that the patient was suffering from pain due to shingles. Either way, I can’t find a diagnosis code that fits. Could [...]
- Practice Management: Find 7 Myths and 1 Truth About Fee-for-Time Billing - (Sep 16, 2024)
Prep now for holiday fee-for-time fill-ins. Everyone needs a vacation, and primary care physicians are certainly no exception. If your practice plans to hire fill-in physicians to take their places, then you may be employing a process called fee-for-time billing, [...]
- Reader Questions: Gather More Detail for Documented Mastitis - (Sep 11, 2024)
Question: My ob-gyn documented “left mastitis,” and someone told me that this isn’t enough documentation. Why not? Washington Subscriber Answer: If your documentation says the patient has “mastitis,” then you’ll need to query for more information. That’s because mastitis can be of [...]
- Billing: Know These 7 Myths and 1 Truth About Fee-for-Time Billing - (Aug 20, 2024)
Prep now for summer FFT fill-ins, previously called locum tenens. Summer vacations are still in full swing, which means many of your care providers will be taking time away from the practice. If they plan to hire fill-in physicians to [...]
- E/M Coding: Know These 4 Things to Bill 99211 Correctly - (Aug 06, 2024)
And learn these three reasons for not reporting it. When one of your clinical staff members provides a face-to-face office/outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) service, such as education on a newly diagnosed condition or a discussion on medication dosage and [...]
- Compliance: 7 Myths and 1 Truth About Fee-for-Time Billing - (Aug 05, 2024)
Prep now for summer fee-for-time fill-ins, previously called locum tenens. Summer vacations are ongoing, which means many of your pathologists will be taking time away from the practice. If they plan to hire fill-in physicians to take their places, then [...]