Caution: OIG continues to add telehealth services-related items to its Work Plan. During the heights of the pandemic, the expansion of telehealth services allowed many providers to keep their doors open and continue to care for patients remotely. But almost [...]
Hint: Feds remain fixated on policies and enforcement. If you’re getting whiplash from all the telehealth services reforms, policy updates, and federal reports, you’re not alone. As the landscape evolves and the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) winds down, you [...]
Utilize these free tools from the feds to boost your cyber health. The pandemic magnified the healthcare industry’s problem with cybersecurity. The feds indicate that covered entities (CEs) need to step up their cyber game in 2022 — and they’re [...]
With data incidents continuing to spike, ensure compliance is stellar. Data security in healthcare remains a critical issue, and the feds suggest HIPAA covered entities (CEs) and their business associates (BAs) focus on improving their cyber hygiene. Background: Both big [...]
After 2021 cyberattack spikes, feds urge CEs to better mitigate threats. Even before the pandemic began, cybersecurity was a thorny subject for the healthcare industry. But, the feds suggest that last year was a particularly challenging year for HIPAA covered [...]
Here’s your second look at how familiar codes will change in October. The time until the new ICD-10 updates go into effect is counting down, with October 1 as the official implementation date. Last month we looked at how your [...]
Here’s your second look at how familiar codes will change in October. The time until the new ICD-10 updates go into effect is counting down, with October 1 as the official implementation date. Last month we looked at how your [...]
Question: When the ophthalmologist performs OCT on a patient using Plaquenil for rheumatoid arthritis to check for ophthalmic side effects, what diagnosis codes should I report? Nebraska Subscriber Answer: When you’re checking a patient’s eyes for the harmful effects of Plaquenil, make [...]
Your physician likely already documents the location. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs but mainly attacks flexible (synovial) joints. ICD-9-CM Code: Currently, you will report this condition with 714.0 (Rheumatoid arthritis). [...]
From the finger to the wrist, these microsurgeries can be troubling to bill. You might consider yourself an orthopedic coding expert, but when that occasional hand surgery report comes across your desk, things might not be so simple. Check out [...]
