ATLANTA - The United States Attorney’s Office announced that it has reached a settlement with Medical Business Service, Inc. (MBS), which agreed to pay $1.95 million to settle claims that [...]
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) [...]
In this article by REED ABELSON and ERIC LICHTBLAU at the NEW YORK TIMES, Medicare says its new high tech predictive analytics system “is successfully doing its job of pointing the spotlight [...]
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 [...]
Take a Refresher on Coder Liability By Barbara Cataletto, MBA, CPC What you don’t know can hurt you. In addition to acquiring all the necessary tools and education needed to code and [...]
Win the Battle of the Clones: Don’t let cloned documentation sink your coding and compliance efforts. By Joyce Will, RHIT, CPC, has more than 25 years of experience in the areas of ICD-9-CM, [...]
