Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) audits, as physicians know, are part of the government's program to reduce fraud, waste, and errors in medical billing practices, especially Medicare and Medicaid....
Routine Lung Cancer Screening – Important Vis a Vis Early Detection and Treatment
Providers can use the new HCPCS code - S8032 recently released by CMS for medical billing purposes when reporting low-dose CT for lung cancer screening. Lung cancer is considered the second most...
2015 Physician Fee Schedule Includes New Code for Chronic Care Management
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the proposed physician fee schedule for the year 2015. This fee schedule includes a new code for chronic care management...
The Need to Make EHRs User-friendly
According to a survey conducted last year by MedData Group, many physicians are dissatisfied with their electronic health record system (EHR). Up to 85% of the physicians said that their EHR...
Top Challenges Medical Practices Face
With new regulations, increased administrative burdens, technology changes, and new reimbursement models, physician practices face myriad challenges. As diagnosis codes become more specific with ICD...
CMS Issues a Decision Memo for Proposed Coverage of Mitral Valve Repair
Mitral regurgitation (MR), also known as mitral insufficiency or mitral incompetence is a disorder in which the heart valve that separates the upper and lower chambers on the left side of the heart...
Important Facts About Epilepsy – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Epilepsy is a serious neurological disorder in which the central nerve cells in the brain work abnormally causing seizures. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 65 million...
Documentation Tips for Uncertain Diagnoses
For medical practitioners accurate medical coding is essential as it supports the level of billing, ensures maximum reimbursement and provides meaningful data in patient assessment. Sometimes,...
Alarming Rise in Adult Obesity Rates in the U.S
A few months ago, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) data showed a decline in obesity rates in American children. Now, Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey has found that adult obesity rate...