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Here’s the Score for CPT® 2024

September 27, 2023 | No Comments

Wondering what new procedure codes the new year will bring? Wonder no more! CPT® 2024 will include 153 new codes throughout the code book, including the Evaluation and Management s...

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CPT® 2024 Brings More E/M Changes

September 22, 2023 | 1 Comment

Code descriptor revisions are about time. After the extensive changes CPT® made to the evaluation and management (E/M) codes and guidelines over the last few years, you’ll be reliev...

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Focus on Clinical Documentation Improvement

September 20, 2023 | No Comments

DOCUCON provides answers and solutions for CDI specialists and those considering a CDI career. AAPC concluded its clinical documentation improvement (CDI) conference, DOCUCON, today...

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Lincare Holdings to Pay $29 Million for Medicare Overbilling

September 20, 2023 | No Comments

Florida-based company admits to improper billing for oxygen equipment. Lincare Holdings, Inc., a Florida-based, wholly owned subsidiary of German multinational chemical corporation ...

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Check Out These HCPCS Level II Code Changes in Effect Oct. 1

September 6, 2023 | No Comments

New codes may help providers get paid for emerging services and supplies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the HCPCS Level II code set update for fo...

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What’s In the NCCI Quarterly...

Renee Dustman

September 26, 2023

You’ll find minimal changes to the Medicare National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) code files this fourth quarter 2023. The update, effective Oct. 1, includes just three changes to code edits in bot...

HHA Stakeholders Make a Case Against Proposed Pay Cuts

Rebecca Johnson

September 25, 2023

Former MedPAC commissioner cites agencies’ high profit margins. Home health agencies (HHAs) have been making a lot of noise to push back on the proposed rate cuts for 2024, and a Senate hearing has add...