Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement

Compliance:

E/M Services Remain Perennial Problems for Providers

Initial hospital care, office visits top improper payment charts. It’s no surprise that practices struggle with properly documenting and coding E/M services. After all, these popular codes are the foundation of many providers’ Medicare pay. But some codes pose more of a challenge than others, and the latest Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) numbers may come as a shock. Background: [...]
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