Hospitals and medical practices across the country have migrated to ICD-10 medical coding and CMS recently released an infographic to help healthcare providers monitor their progress. In this update, CMS reiterates that providers need to assess their ICD-10...
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers medically necessary durable medical equipment (DME). DME must be used for a medical reason, long-lasting, with an expected life time of at least 3 years. The doctor or treating practitioner must prescribe the type of...
Medical coding for HIV screening is one of the most important medical billing and coding services offered by reliable medical outsourcing providers. When the CDC estimates that over 1.2 billion individuals in the United States are living with HIV infection with 1 in 8...
The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program is conducted under the direction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to measure improper payment in the Medicare Fee-For-Service program, which helps in ensuring that your medical coding is...
As per a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), new cases of diabetes are on the decline. If the number of new cases of diabetes among the US population aged 18 to 79 years was more than 1.7 million from 1991 to 2009, the number...
