Part B MAC reps offer provider tips with surprising and helpful insight. If you’re confused about the correct office code to use for COVID-19 test specimen collection or how to report prolonged services for a telephone-based encounter, you’re not alone. [...]
As part of its recent stimulus efforts, the government decided to promote telehealth with more funding opportunities. After significant negotiations, Congress passed H.R. 133 on Dec. 21, 2020. The bill, which is titled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, was signed [...]
Care planning-related deficiencies top surveyors’ lists. The survey climate for hospices is getting worse, and that trend is only bound to intensify in the wake of the HHS Office of Inspector General’s latest reports on hospice surveys. So indicates the [...]
If you meet certain survey criteria, the watchdog agency wants extra eyes on you. Policy- and lawmakers will refer to statistics from the HHS Office of Inspector General’s latest reports on hospice surveys when deciding on a multiple of topics [...]
Be well versed in anatomy to differentiate tendon from nerve codes. Hand and wrist surgery operative reports can be overwhelming from a coding perspective, particularly when the surgeon performs more than 10 procedures during the session. Here’s the key to [...]
Learn to differentiate tendon codes from nerve codes by studying your anatomy. Hand and wrist surgery operative reports can be overwhelming, particularly when the surgeon performs more than 10 procedures. Here’s the key to keeping your claims in order — [...]
It's not just your imagination; health care fraud busts are way up this year. Data obtained from the government show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85 percent over [...]
It's not just Medicare fraud that comes with a big price tag. National chain Maxim Healthcare Services has agreed to pay $150 million for submitting fraudulent claims to Medicaid and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Privately owned Maxim admitted to [...]
It's not just your imagination--healthcare fraud busts are way up this year. Data obtained from the government show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85 percent over last year, [...]
It's not just your imagination; health care fraud busts are way up this year. Data obtained from the government show federal health care fraud prosecutions in the first eight months of 2011 are on pace to rise 85 percent over [...]
