As everybody celebrates the holidays, emergency departments and trauma centers are gearing up to treat festivity-related mishaps. Christmas and New Year are full of fun and cheer, but sadly, these are the times when the most accidents happen. Complaints attributable...
Ever since the Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released the final Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2018, medical billing and coding companies have been analyzing its impact on healthcare providers. Under the PFS, payment is made for services furnished by...
Podiatrists specialize in diagnosing and treating conditions and function of the foot and ankle. Podiatry billing and coding is complex as procedures and services related to the foot are very specific because of medical necessity requirements and restrictions on the...
The use of urine drug testing has expanded exponentially as it is a great tool for providers to track compliance, identify drug abuse, and encourage patients to stay away from illicit or unprescribed drugs. However, in recent years, there have been several reports of...
New ICD-10 codes will take effect starting October 1, 2017. Healthcare entities and medical coding companies are preparing for implementation of the finalized 2018 ICD-10-CM classification set, which involves 363 new codes, 226 revised codes and 142 deleted codes....