Whistleblowers rake in hundreds of thousands in recent cases. Home health fraud cases aren’t confined to Medicare. So show three recent guilty pleas in Missouri. The former owner, office manager, and business manager of a St. Louis County, Mo.-based home [...]
Question: Many times we need to know the global days of a procedure to help us decide coding issues such as what modifier to use or whether to code a separate E/M procedure. How can we quickly determine the Centers for [...]
Stop reporting separate imaging guidance next year. If your urologist uses percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL) when treating kidney or ureteral stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) or ureteroscopy won’t work, you won’t want to miss important updates coming in CPT® [...]
Question: Many times we need to know the global days of a procedure to help us decide coding issues such as what modifier to use or whether to code a separate E/M procedure. How can we quickly determine CMS’s global period [...]
Remember that modifier 54 must always accompany modifier 55. Although a surgical procedure typically only lasts one day, your ear, nose, and throat specialist’s services may span months after the actual surgery — and in most cases, insurers won’t reimburse [...]
Remember that modifier 54 must always accompany modifier 55. Although a surgical procedure typically only lasts one day, your eye care specialist’s services may span months after the actual surgery — and in most cases, insurers won’t reimburse separately for [...]
Question: Our practice accepts Medicare, as well as several commercial carriers, and we often need to understand the global days of a procedure to help us circumvent coding issues related to modifier usage or to a separate evaluation and management (E/M) [...]
Question: At our Part B practice, we often need to understand the global days of a procedure to help us circumvent coding issues related to modifier usage or to a separate E/M procedure. How can we easily determine the Centers for [...]
Question: We often need to know the global days of a procedure to help us determine coding issues such as what modifier to use or whether to code a separate E/M procedure. How can we quickly determine the Centers for Medicare [...]
Acquisition pace continues to be lively. Private equity-backed deals involving hospices continue to proliferate across the country. While predictions that the hospice mergers and acquisitions market will slow down this year abound, the year started off with a bang with [...]
