Billing unnecessary physician services for hospice patients was part of the conviction. Six months after being convicted of Medicare fraud, Louisiana hospice owner Shiva Akula is facing the music. Recap: Akula’s hospice, Canon Healthcare, had employees bill for unnecessary General [...]
The owner of a New Orleans hospice has been indicted on Medicare fraud. Canon Healthcare owner Shiva Akula instructed employees to bill for unnecessary General Inpatient services and to bill for evaluation and management CPT® Codes 99233 and 99236, the [...]
The owner of a New Orleans hospice has been indicted on Medicare fraud. Canon Healthcare owner Shiva Akula instructed employees to bill for unnecessary General Inpatient services and to bill for evaluation and management CPT® Codes 99233 and 99236, the Department [...]
Therapy episodes would get reimbursed less. If your claims are dominated by episodes with high therapy, no recent hospital stays, or patients with behavioral health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or drug addiction, Medicare’s draft for HH PPS payment [...]
Proper ICD-9 coding for burn patients can require several codes.Dermatology coders who cannot choose the proper diagnosis codes for each burn treatment patient could end up costing their practices time and money.How? Let's say your dermatologist provides local burn treatment [...]
Proper ICD-9 coding for burn patients can require several codes.ED coders who cannot choose the proper diagnosis codes for each burn treatment patient could end up costing their practices time and money.How? Let's say your ED physician provides local burn [...]
New York and Michigan have beefed up their SPM rosters, while other states, such as S. Carolina, have no volunteers. Although the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) project is a nationwide initiative, some states are more active than others and recover [...]
New York and Michigan have beefed up their SMP rosters, while other states, such as S. Carolina, have no volunteers. Although the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) project is a nationwide initiative, some states are more active than others and recover [...]
New York and Michigan have beefed up their SPM rosters, while other states, such as S. Carolina, have no volunteers.Although the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) project is a nationwide initiative, some states are more active than others and recover more [...]
Start at 940.x and work your way up on burn ICD-9s. When your FP performs burn treatment for a patient, you need to be ready to select code(s) from the 940.x-949.x ICD-9 group. Knowing which, and how many, of these [...]
