Here’s how to avoid going on a phishing expedition. Healthcare data breaches continue to rise. Breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI), many from hacking or IT incidents, increased from 247 in 2022 to 543 in 2023, according to data [...]
Therapy utilization cut on deck for payment. A topic that has been a minor, rather vague provision in the last two home health payment update rules may be about to come into sharp focus for home health agencies: payment reform. [...]
Profit margins are also down, but that didn’t stop MedPAC from recommending a rate freeze. Take a look at the vital statistics that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is citing for lawmakers when pushing for a pay cut: About 48 [...]
Profit margins are also down, but that didn’t stop MedPAC from recommending a rate freeze. Take a look at the vital statistics that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is citing for lawmakers when pushing for a pay cut: About 48 [...]
Hint: Many previous edits have now been reversed. Historically, you have faced edits when trying to report psychodiagnostic evaluation along with psychotherapy or other psychiatry codes. Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 20.3 has now introduced a role reversal of many [...]
Choose just one code for most complete procedure. The last quarterly Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) update of 2014 may not have many edit pairs for labs, but with instructions that you should never override these bundles, you can’t afford to [...]
Take advantage of the bundles with a ‘1’ modifier indicator and get paid for more. While it may be no surprise to you that the latest Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) edits version 20.3 impacts E/M service codes, the good news [...]
Include venous access, radiology in many procedures. You’re facing the last annual update before CPT® 2015 goes into effect, but Medicare’s Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) shows no sign of letting up on restrictions for your general surgery practice. CCI version [...]
Include venous access, radiology in many procedures. You’re facing the last annual update before CPT® 2015 goes into effect, but Medicare’s Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) shows no sign of letting up on restrictions for your general surgery practice. CCI version [...]
You’ll find you can’t report mesh placement with even more procedures. By the time fall rolls around, the Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) usually has fewer updates to the fourth update of the year. This year is no exception; however, there [...]
