In the present scenario where enterovirus is doing the rounds in the United States, primary care physicians and facilities are very likely to face a tough time treating patients affected by the...
Coding for S-ICD System Implant at Inpatient Settings
Though the Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (S-ICD) System was introduced to reduce the complications with traditional ICD system with leads, this implant does carry risks such as...
Proper Use of Category G89 Codes in ICD-10
Pain management practices adopting ICD-10 should be very cautious about the use of category G89 codes as they are used in specific conditions. Typically, these codes may be used in conjunction with...
How Drug Shortage Affects Anesthesiology Practices
When patients are about to have a surgery, their major concerns include the efficacy of drugs that they are put under. With the acute shortage of anesthesia drugs, anesthesiology practices are...
Medicare Readmission Penalties – Effects and Management
According to the federal government, one in five elderly patients is readmitted to a hospital within 30 days after leaving that hospital. Though many of those readmissions are unavoidable owing to...
ICD-10 Extensions for Radiology Practices
With ICD-10 deadline extension, radiology practices now have an extra year for preparation and they should utilize this opportunity to prepare well for the transition. When the Protecting Access to...
Endocrinologist Shortage Worsens While Patient Demands Increase
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) more number of Americans became insured with the objective to gain increased access to healthcare. But, what if there aren’t enough...
Implications of Medicare Payment Rise for Outpatient Care
When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released prospective Medicare payment rules for 2015 recently, they proposed a 2% increase in outpatient visit reimbursements for hospitals...
Some Facts about Ebola Virus – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, identified by ICD-10 diagnostic code A98.4 has taken toll of around 1,000 people. It needs to be effectively managed to avoid an outbreak of epidemic proportions. Some Facts...