Question: A 28-year-old patient visited our urgent care facility with complaints of right ankle pain after a snowboarding trip the previous weekend. The report indicates the patient is walking with a significant limp and presents swelling in the ankle, extreme [...]
Question: A 28-year-old patient complained of right ankle pain after a snowboarding trip the previous weekend. The report indicates the patient is walking with a significant limp and presents with swelling in the ankle, extreme tenderness in the area, bruising, [...]
Question: A 28-year-old patient visits our urgent care facility with complaints of right ankle pain after a snowboarding trip the previous weekend. The report indicates the patient is walking with a significant limp and presents swelling in the ankle, extreme tenderness [...]
Plus: Feds solidify E/M payment and documentation updates. In its latest reimbursement iteration, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) fulfills some longstanding policy promises while attempting to assist providers still struggling to stay afloat in a pandemic. Read [...]
See COVID-19’s impact on the changes. Last year was fraught with a myriad of healthcare policy highs and lows. Arguably, some of the most epic twists and turns concerned Medicare’s telehealth expansion as the feds tried to assist providers struggling [...]
Check out PHE-related regulations. Even as COVID-19 cases are ramping up in many locations, regulatory relief is on the horizon to help your general surgery practice keep pace with the compliance demands. Now: In several recent updates, the Department of [...]
Caution: Check federal guidance for PHE-related updates daily. If you’re worried about the COVID-19 case numbers spiking, you’re not alone. In a recent update frenzy, the feds have rolled out several new policies to help providers weather the pandemic’s storm. [...]
On Oct. 14, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it was continuing its pro-telehealth push with more options to help providers during the pandemic. “For the first time using a new expedited process, CMS is adding [...]
Coverage is retroactive to March 1, 2020. If you’ve talked to patients who are concerned about presenting for in-person pulmonary rehab visits, CMS may have just made those services a bit simpler to perform. Background: On Oct. 14, CMS announced [...]
Caution: Stay on top of PHE-related regulatory changes. Recent COVID-19 statistics point to a possible third wave hitting the United States in the weeks ahead — coinciding with the onset of the flu season. If you’re worried about the rising [...]
