Review new options in neurology, cardiology, and more. With hundreds of new diagnosis codes set to take effect on Oct. 1, it’s crunch time. If you haven’t started studying the pending updates, read on for some highlights to ensure you’re [...]
Start preparing now, so you’re ready to hit the ground running come October. It’s that time of year again. The ICD-10-CM annual updates are out, and with hundreds of new and revised codes joining the code set later this year, [...]
Explore new options for chronic migraine, SDoH, external causes, and more. Hundreds of new diagnosis codes are set to take effect later this year, which means it’s time to put your thinking cap on and study these updates, so you’re [...]
Know which telehealth services could be disconnected in 2023. The calendar year (CY) 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 29, 2022. The document from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid [...]
Can you abide by the two conditions? Medicaid home care providers left out of Provider Relief Fund dispersal so far can now apply for their piece of $15 billion in additional funding. The Department of Health and Human Services announced [...]
Tip: Check HHS website daily. If you’re flummoxed by all the CARES Act Provider Relief Fund particulars, you’re not alone. Much of the confusion is due to the many extensions the feds have released on accepting the payments. However, the [...]
Get to know how these new CMS proposed rules might affect your practice. Fee schedule changes to most evaluation and management (E/M) services have been relatively safe from CMS intervention over the past few years. As for 2019, however, it’s [...]
Hint: Proposal causes one pulmonary practice in our sample to lose $93,000 in one year. Pulmonology practices have been able to rest easy during the past few years’ worth of fee schedule changes, but this year may have thrown a [...]
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 [...]
Are you doing enough to address caregivers' problems? End-of-life spending, obese patients' access to hospice, and caregiver depression were the topics of recently released studies that illuminate both hospices' benefits and the areas where the service can help even more. [...]
