Last week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule which expands reporting options for the meaningful use EHR Incentive Program in 2014. The Certified EHR Technology [...]
In this article in the AACP (2014 Archive), Lynn S. Berry, PT, CPCPT, warns "PT Take Heed: The OIG Might Want to Look at Your Records, Too". More speciafically, Lynn [...]
Article By Heidi Stout, CPC, COSC, CCS-P In an effort to reduce inappropriate claim payments due to incorrect use of modifier 59, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) [...]
CMS is establishing four new HCPCS modifiers to define subsets ofthe - 59 modifier, a modifier used to define a "Distinct Procedural Service." EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2015 Unless otherwise specified, [...]
The AMA states that there are over 500 changes to the 2015 CPT code system. This pace of change is another reason why your practice may need professional coding assistance. [...]
Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:58 PM PDT In May of 2014, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report detailing its findings regarding Medicare payments for evaluation and [...]
Heidi Stout, CPC, COSC, CCS-P Heidi Stout has over 30 years experience in orthopaedic coding. She is the director of the orthopaedic surgery division for The Coding Network, LLC, and [...]
A tiny sliver of doctors and other medical providers, including one physician who billed more than $20 million alone, accounted for an outsize portion of Medicare's 2012 costs. WSJ's Christopher [...]
Even if you've been filing Medicare claim form 1500 for years, effective April 1, 2014 your process is about to change. This is the date that CMS' new 2/12 1500 [...]
By Joseph Conn - HIMSS Providers, payers and claims clearinghouses can look for no relief from the looming, Oct. 1 compliance deadline for the nationwide conversion to the ICD-10 family [...]
