Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among American women. Reports from the American Cancer Society (ACS) (2015 statistics),point out that about 231,840 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in women and about 40,290 women will die from...
Getting proper reimbursement for unlisted procedures is not that easy and you have to follow certain steps to increase the chances of reimbursement. A proper insurance verification is the first step you need to take. If the insurance carrier considers the service you...
According to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), A Medicare overpayment is defined as a payment received that is in excess of the amount actually payable under Medicare regulations. When Medicare identifies an overpayment, the amount that is overpaid...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has made a significant change in the reporting of modifier -59, which will have considerable impact on medical coding in 2015. A new set of specific HCPCS modifiers has been introduced to selectively identify subsets of...
Epilepsy (also referred to as “fits”) is a serious neurological disorder in which the central nerve cells in the brain work abnormally causing seizures. According to 2014 statistics, approximately 2.2 million people have this condition in the United States. It...
