Share the handbook with patients and their caregivers to help them navigate Medicare with better confidence. Oct. 8, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 128-page Medicare & You 2027 handbook, which highlights chang...

July 5, Medicare began testing its Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) payment Model. It’s a voluntary, 10-year test under CMS Innovation Center‘s authority, and it applies to Original Medicare. ACCESS is designed ...

Medicare creates physician specialty codes to identify the type of medicine a physician practices, such as cardiology, internal medicine, or general surgery. These codes describe the specific and unique types of medicine that physicians practice and a...

Certified medical records specialists lead the way to career success. AAPC’s annual salary survey results are in! The 2026 Medical Coding and Billing Salary Report is a summary of data analysis based on more than 20,000 responses from AAPC members...

UnitedHealthcare® (UHC) released their Reimbursement Policy Update Bulletin for January 2026. UHC responded to code updates made by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the World Health Orga...