Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Assess Multiple Procedures Across Multiple Spinal Levels
Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
- Recovery Audit Contractors:
RACs ID Insufficient Documentation As Weakness Among Practices
Stay on top of RAC requests so you're able to meet all request deadlines. Recovery [...] - Medicare Payment:
CMS Reps Outline Impact of PPACA on 2011 Fee Schedule
Plus: Medicare enrollment Web site adds additional resource files. The ink is barely dry on [...] - Part B Coding Coach:
FAQs: Double Your E/M Payout on Some Counseling 'Domination' Claims
Here's when you can code past the three E/M component levels. The physician provides an [...] - E/M Best Practices:
Master New Patient E/Ms or Leave Cash on the Table
Financial fallout can be considerable if you eschew new patient codes too often. For medical [...] - Reader Questions:
I&D Area Can Deflate 10060 Option
Question: Our physician performed a level-four E/M service in the emergency department for a patient [...] - Reader Questions:
Assess Multiple Procedures Across Multiple Spinal Levels
Question: During an operative session, my neurosurgeon performed the following procedures: L4"L5 diskectomy, L5"S1 diskectomy, [...] - Reader Questions:
Evaluate HPI Level to Narrow E/M Choice
Differentiate brief history of present illness from extended with these tips. Question: Our coding staff [...] - Physician Notes:
DOJ Arrests 94 People in One Day for Medicare Fraud Totaling Over $250 Million in Alleged False Billing
Plus: OIG Estimates $137 Million In KX Overpayments For DME. When the Medicare Fraud Strike [...] - Industry News:
Medicare Won't Pay Unless Patient Stays In Hospital For At Least 3 Days
Outdated regulation covering nursing home stays still applies. Medicare rules can at times be very [...]
