As surgical and medical services often include pre-procedure and post-procedure work, healthcare providers may perform multiple procedures during a single patient encounter. Multiple Procedure Payment Reduction (MPPR) means that multiple procedures performed by the...
Regarded as the most common heart valve abnormality, mitral valve prolapse (MVP) occurs when the flaps (leaflets) of the heart’s mitral valve do not close evenly, but bulge (prolapse) into the heart’s left upper chamber (left atrium). Also known as click-murmur...
Bones help you move and support your body. Bones continuously change – new bone is made and old bone is broken down. When people are young, the body makes new bones faster than it breaks down old bone and the body mass increases. In order to have strong bones...
With telehealth’s expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic to avoid the need to travel or congregate, CMS covers more than 80 additional services. Under the 2020 CARES Act signed into law on March 6, 2020, geographic and originating site Medicare telehealth...
The fiscal year (FY) 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems (IPPS) proposed rule released last month contains several notable proposals such as increase in hospital payment rates, MR-DRG adjustments, new technology, and ICD-10 code updates. Physician practices and...
