Women under age 65 can schedule a Well Woman Visit each year to maintain health and prevent disease. A Well Woman Visit includes a complete checkup, and is separate from any other visit made to the practitioner for sickness or injury. The Affordable Care Act entitles...
Last year, we discussed the October 2013 ICD-10 Readiness Survey by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and found that the healthcare industry was not prepared for ICD-10 compliance. Now, the June 2015 ICD-10 Industry Readiness Survey by WEDI gives us...
As the current flu season worsens, accurate vaccine coding is necessary for effective medical billing and accounting of services provided. Since influenza is constantly developing new viral strains, constant development of updated flu vaccines is vital. To keep up...
This July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to the home health prospective payment system (HHPPS) for the calendar year 2016, which will have a significant impact on home health care billing and for medical billing companies that...
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...
