What Is Interoperability in Healthcare? Interoperability in healthcare refers to the ability of disparate health information systems, applications, and devices to connect, access, and exchange data in a secure and collaborative manner. Healthcare providers can foster...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that the 2014 Informal Review period has been extended to November 23, 2015. Individual eligible professionals (EPs),...
Bronchitis is a respiratory condition that occurs when the airways in the lungs or bronchial tubes become inflamed. The most common symptom of bronchitis is coughing with or without mucus....
Glaucoma specialists and ophthalmologists are required to pay more attention to their medical coding tasks now since Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) for 2015 has introduced significant changes...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced new changes to its payment systems for the second quarter of 2015. It has published the July 2015 update of Ambulatory Surgical...
The expansion of diagnosis codes with ICD-10 makes the endocrinology medical coding process more complex as this specialty involves a wide array of diagnoses and procedures. Endocrinology providers...
Cardiac transplantation or heart transplantation is recommended as a treatment for people having severe heart failure and severe symptoms despite providing maximum medical therapy. Heart transplants...
There occurred significant changes in CPT medical coding this year with an estimated 264 new codes, 143 deleted codes, and 134 revised codes and most of these codes do have an effect on primary care...
Many healthcare organisations and small practices are facing difficulties such as escalating costs, fewer reimbursements etc in the transition to ICD-10. In-house medical billing and coding can be...
Since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) delayed the implementation of the revaluation of lower GI endoscopy codes in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule for...
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is a malignant neoplasm that develops from squamous epithelial cells and is one of the most common forms of skin cancer. It can spread to other areas of the...
