by Rajeev Rajagopal | Published on Oct 1, 2012 | Medical Billing
It is a welcome move that disease awareness websites such as Epilog.us are providing excellent resources to physicians to help combat their day to day billing and coding challenges, and stay updated on important aspects. Subscribers to the site can access the latest...
by Julie Clements | Published on Jun 18, 2012 | Medical Coding
The delay is only one year even though the AMA had called for a 2 year postponement last month HHS (The Department of Health and Human Services) proclaimed a second delay for change to the ICD-10 code set, this time till October 1, 2014. The previous deadline was...
by Natalie Tornese | Published on Jun 12, 2012 | Medical Billing
Modifier 59 is a Level I CPT code used to report that a particular procedural service was carried out. It should typically be applied to the secondary code in a pair of codes and not added to Evaluation & Management Codes. If you use this code correctly for...
by Natalie Tornese | Published on May 25, 2012 | Medical Billing
According to a University of Minnesota Professor of Health Finance and Insurance, a maximum of 40 percent of claims between hospitals and doctors (or other providers) and insurance companies (or other payers) have errors in them. Another no less disheartening fact is...
by Rajeev Rajagopal | Published on May 17, 2012 | Healthcare News
Their widely different policies are sure to attract significant attention in both the Congressional and Presidential campaigns Both President Obama and Mitt Romney are concerned about the distressing financial condition Medicare is in. However, both share greatly...