Look for comprehensive payment information for each service. Last month we looked at two ways your practice can bring in more income to upgrade office equipment, adjust care programs, and improve patient outcomes. This month we explore two more revenue-increasing [...]
A larger diagnosis coding PDGM revamp is afoot. How will recalibration of key PDGM components affect your bottom line? You’d better check out the numbers to figure it out. “This rule touches several key areas of PDGM, from coding to [...]
Consider new ART-related codes, too. Get ready for a third quarter CPT® update with seven new Proprietary Laboratory Analyses (PLA) codes and an update to section guidelines effective July 1. We’re here to help you learn the new codes and [...]
Get the scoop on the nearly here 2020 ICD-10-CM changes. CMS recently released the new ICD-10 2020 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2019. Read on to check out some of the new codes you may [...]
Dig into new atrial fibrillation codes I48.11 and I48.19. CMS recently published its list of the new ICD-10 2020 codes, but they won’t go into effect until Oct. 1, 2019. Read on to check out how these new codes and [...]
Interested in seeing where your state's spending is trending? You can check out recently released data resource from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary. The OACT breaks down health spending by state in new resources [...]
Interested in seeing where your state’s spending is trending? You can check out a new data resource from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of the Actuary. The OACT breaks down health spending by state in new resources [...]
Heed ‘separate procedure’ direction. Stumbling into one of the many adrenal-resection coding pitfalls could cost your general surgery practice plenty. That’s why you need to follow our experts’ pointers to make sure you avoid bundling issues, capture legitimate additional charges, [...]
Tip: Specify which eye is affected to nail the proper ICD-10 code. According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, more than 3 million Americans have glaucoma – but only half of those know they have it. The disease is estimated to [...]
Understand who’s at risk, know the screening rules, and specify which eye is affected to nail the proper ICD-10 code. As the second most common cause of blindness in the United States, glaucoma has certainly made its mark on the [...]
