Remote Medical Coding

Holdup at the doctor’s office? New billing codes could be why.

By |2020-04-13T18:40:56+00:00September 24th, 2015|

Starting October 1st, physicians and hospitals will have to be far more specific than ever before when diagnosing problems from visits. Because of this change to the system, called ICD-10, [...]

CMS will reimburse ICD-10 mistakes for one year after transition deadline

By |2020-04-13T18:41:18+00:00July 7th, 2015|

For one year past the Oct. 1, 2015 deadline, the CMS will reimburse for wrongly coded claims as long as that erroneous code is in the same broad family as [...]

Medicare Fraud – Taken For a Ride By Ambulance Companies in New Jersey

By |2020-04-13T18:41:26+00:00April 15th, 2015|

A four-month Medicare fraud crackdown targeting ambulance service fraud has resulted in 11 New Jersey-based ambulance service providers relinquishing their licenses this year, according to the New Jersey Department of [...]

Government Recovers $3.3 billion in Fiscal 2014 Federal Health Program Fraud

By |2020-04-13T06:44:24+00:00March 19th, 2015|

WASHINGTON--The government recovered $3.3 billion in fiscal 2014 from individuals and companies that tried to defraud federal health programs, part of an effort by the Obama administration to improve enforcement [...]