It’s a common scenario – on a busy morning at your practice, there’s a long line of patients at the front desk, and the phone rings constantly with urgent inquiries. Suddenly, a scheduling error results in an upset patient, and another arrives late for their...
A hernia occurs when an organ or tissue pushes through a weakened area in the surrounding muscle or connective tissue (fascia). This abnormal protrusion can involve an empty sac or, if the defect is...
Starting 2017, physical therapy medical coding involves three new evaluation codes and a new reevaluation code. The evaluation codes introduced by the final CMS physician fee schedule replace code...
Tonsillitis is inflammation of the tonsils most commonly caused by a viral or bacterial infection. Health professionals who treat this condition include pediatrician, family medicine physician,...
Many physicians outsource revenue cycle management to medical billing companies to enhance cash flow and reduce costs. However, accurate documentation of the patient encounter is necessary to...
The goal of immunization providers is to ensure that vaccines reach all people who need them. Accurate vaccine coding increases opportunities for enhanced/appropriate reimbursement, reduces audit...
Legislation passed in 2014 allowed military veterans with access to physicians outside Veteran Administration (VA) facilities, including community based family practitioners. Family physicians who...
CPT coding changes for moderate sedation (MS) in 2017 will impact reimbursement across various specialties. Outsourced medical billing companies are prepared for these changes that have created new...
Physician coding companies played a key role in helping healthcare providers across the nation transition to ICD-10. Now recent reports say that there is a glitch in ICD-10, which CMS points out...
Medical billing and coding changes happen every year. With the change in U.S. presidency from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, big changes are expected in the healthcare industry this year. According...
The leading cause of death and long-term disability in the U.S., stroke causes loss of neurological function due to a blood clot in the brain or intracranial hemorrhage. One of the most common...
