Gauge how much anticipated revisions will cost you. The feds’ new effort to expand overtime protections to certain employees could take a painful bite out of already strained budgets at home health and hospice agencies. On Sept. 8, the U.S. [...]
You saw how three ophthalmologists would fare under the proposed E/M payment changes —now check out what the impact would be to three optometrists whose data we sampled. Using the current E/M payment levels and comparing them to the proposed [...]
Proper documentation will help guide you to the most precise codes. The first official update to ICD-10 will go into effect October 1, with changes affecting virtually every medical specialty. Gastroenterology is one area where you’ll find many updates and [...]
SMART FACTS replaced with SIRS. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has an able partner in its fight against fraud and abuse — the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP). These volunteers are vigilant about uncovering Medicare and Medicaid abuse [...]
The Senior Medicare Patrol continues to make strides and recoveries. Since its formation in 1997, the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) has been a boon to CMS with recoveries totaling over $117.6 million. The SMP volunteers, made up of retirees and [...]
Get ready for more specific pancreatitis codes. The CDC has posted a preliminary list of ICD-10-CM changes for October 1 (aka ICD-10-CM 2017), and just in case you don’t want to sort through about 2,000 new codes, we’ve narrowed down [...]
Get ready for more specific pancreatitis codes. The CDC has posted a preliminary list of ICD-10-CM changes for October 1 (aka ICD-10-CM 2017), and just in case you don’t want to sort through about 2,000 new codes, we’ve narrowed down [...]
Your physician likely already documents the location. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs but mainly attacks flexible (synovial) joints. ICD-9-CM Code: Currently, you will report this condition with 714.0 (Rheumatoid arthritis). [...]
