Approximately 300 million people around the world are affected by asthma, a chronic respiratory condition with its prevalence increasing by 50% every decade. An estimated 10% of North America’s...
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Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Billing – A Detailed View
Durable Medical Equipment (DME) billing is quite different from other types of medical billing and coding procedures. It requires an in-depth, specialized knowledge of all HCPCS Level II codes. All...
How OIG 2015 Work Plan Impacts Physician Practices
To ensure accurate medical billing in the coming year, physician practices should review the 2015 OIG Work Plan for both new and continuing topics that may involve the services they are providing....
Coding for Otitis Externa in ICD-10 – A Detailed View
The medical coding for otitis externa or "swimmer's ear" is quite different in ICD-10 compared to that in ICD-9. In the new coding system, ears get their own chapter while earlier they were included...
CPT Coding for Care Management Services in 2015
In 2014, new codes were added into the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to report complex chronic care coordination services, known as C4 services. This code set has been revived for...
Coding of Musculoskeletal Disease Treatment under ICD-10
Since there are several changes and expansion introduced to the musculoskeletal code system in ICD-10, it will be a real challenge to code for musculoskeletal disease treatment under the new coding...
Types of Medicare Audits and Issues That Rouse Suspicion
Medicare audits are conducted to make sure that the right beneficiary receives the right payment at the right time, and they are very important for healthcare providers who manage and process their...
More Hospitals Choose Outsourcing to Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10
According to a survey of 650 hospital technology and physician leaders published in July 2014 by Black Book, hospitals are increasingly undertaking clinical documentation improvement initiatives in...
Telehealth gets a Boost in 2015 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has added seven new payment codes in their 2015 physician fee schedule for telehealth services. This is a big breakthrough for the telehealth service...
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