Health insurance companies reimburse clinical laboratories and hospital laboratories for microbiological, serological, chemical, hematological, biophysical, radiobioassay, cytological, immunohematological, immunological, pathological, or other examinations that...
An article published in the American Journal of Hypertension earlier this year found a rising trend in hospitalization for hypertensive emergency with reduction in hospital mortality during the last decade. Patients with acute cardiorespiratory failure, chest pain,...
New ICD-10 codes will take effect starting October 1, 2017. Healthcare entities and medical coding companies are preparing for implementation of the finalized 2018 ICD-10-CM classification set, which involves 363 new codes, 226 revised codes and 142 deleted codes....
Foodborne illnesses or food poisoning is usually caused by eating raw or uncooked food. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six Americans will be affected by foodborne illnesses each year. Food poisoning peaks in the summer and...
According to a recent GlobalNewswire press release, prevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) has increased from around 3% to over 11.6% in people over age 65. As a medical billing company receiving a large number of claims related to services...