Novitas and FCSO will require documentation for certain pathology and laboratory claims. Medicare Administrative Contractors MAC Novitas Solutions and First Coast Service Options FCSO recently announc... [ Read More ]
Potential erroneous Medicare payments million to treat patients with opioid use disorder OUD are estimated at 17.8 million. The opioid crisis in the United States has led to record numbers of people d... [ Read More ]
Get an overview of key updates to the postacute care quality reporting programs for 2025. The Centers for Medicare 38 Medicaid Services is offering a crosssetting webbased training course that provide... [ Read More ]
Hospitals should use this tool to protect their profit margins. Diagnosisrelated group DRG validation ensures the accuracy of DRG assignment and payment for inpatient hospital stays. Since inpatient c... [ Read More ]
Meet a member who has made an indelible impression in the healthcare industry. AAPCs Member of the Month Nancy Reading RN BS CPC CPCP CPCI is a longtime member and a pillar in the healthcare community... [ Read More ]
Hi [USER=62550]RobynKing[/USER],
Please simply never apologize if you need help. I'd rather have you just say "Dana - say would you taking a peek at this and tell me if I am tackling the coding correc... [ Read More ]
Good Morning. I have a client who is looking for a billing company to tackle the 120 day old claims. He only wants this looked at. He is not looking to outsource his billing. Can anyone recommend a bi... [ Read More ]
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If our nursing staff documents 120 minutes of critical care time, but our physician only documents 35 minutes of critical care time, can we bill facil... [ Read More ]
If our nursing staff documents 120 minutes of critical care time, but our physician only documents 35 minutes of critical care time, can we bill facility charges 99291 x 1, 99292 x 2, even though the ... [ Read More ]
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Good morning,
Has anyone recently come up against using the -PT for Medicare plan screening colonoscopy turned diagnostic?
Transmittal: [URL]https:... [ Read More ]
Good morning,
Has anyone recently come up against using the -PT for Medicare plan screening colonoscopy turned diagnostic?
Transmittal: [URL]https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Tran... [ Read More ]
Day-1 Procedure: Right upper limb angiography, right brachiocephalic fistulography, venoplasty, fistuloplasty , mechanical thrombectomy and EKOS Thrombolysis
Description:
using US guidance, access wa... [ Read More ]
CPT-93922
Limited bilateral noninvasive physiologic studies of upper or lower extremity arteries, (eg, for lower extremity: ankle/brachial indices at distal posterior tibial and anterior tibial/dorsal... [ Read More ]