by Natalie Tornese | Published on Dec 26, 2012 | Healthcare News
With the effects of the economic recession wearing off and US states slowly picking up the reins of progress once again, a welcome Medicaid trend has been reported. Many states are boosting payment rates to certain healthcare professionals. Only a few states are...
by Natalie Tornese | Published on Dec 5, 2012 | Medical Billing
The federal government has a new concern to deal with – a cloning feature in electronic health records which enable physicians to cut and paste from the previous visits of patients. The cut and paste is a standard feature in all software, including EHR applications....
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 Julie Clements | Published on Jun 1, 2012 | Medical Coding
The association is of the opinion that the government should estimate the complete impact of the huge code sets before making them compulsory In a May 10th letter to the CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services), the American Medical Association (AMA) called...
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...