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Find out if mental health devices will receive payment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) has dropped, and providers may not be excited about the news within. The [...]

Consider one chain’s approach to therapist pay restructuring. Home care providers need all the help they can get when it comes to stocking their toolboxes for coping with the coronavirus — even as the pandemic stretches into fall. Check out [...]

Under ICD-10, you’ll need to check the chart to correctly assign that 7th character for the most accurate code choice. Expanding the diagnosis code set from a maximum of five characters in ICD-9 to seven characters in ICD-10 allows for [...]

Question: A 17 year-old male reports to the ED after a bad fall from a skateboard. He has cuts containing heavy contamination of gravel and dirt on both knees, along with lacerations on his right hand and forehead. The physician [...]

It’s not just your P’s and Q’s that need minding under ICD-10, keep an eye on your A’s, D’s, S’s and W’s to get the needed specificity for your diagnosis choice Expanding the diagnosis code set from a maximum of [...]

It’s Not Just Your P’s and Q’s That Need Minding Under ICD-10, Keep An Eye On Your A’s, D’s, S’s and W’s To Get the Needed Specificity for Your Diagnosis Choice Expanding the diagnosis code set from a maximum of [...]

Study Boosts Pneumonia VaccineYour patients may receive better protection against pneumonia in the future, depending on the outcome of a National Institutes of Health-funded study. Researchers plan to see if a higher dose of a pneumococcal vaccine will create a [...]

Your patients may receive better protection against pneumonia in the future, depending on the outcome of a National Institutes of Health-funded study. Researchers plan to see if a higher dose of a pneumococcal vaccine will create a stronger immune response [...]

Question: We have a patient who had a severe crush injury of the left hand which led to a comminuted fracture of the left 3rd and 5th metacarpals with an intra-articular fracture of the proximal phalanx of the left index [...]

The case stirs debate over the ethics of auditors turning complainants. Genesys Health System recently paid close to $670,000 to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit initiated by an internal auditor who blew the whistle on alleged upcoding of cardiology [...]