Medical billing responsibilities have become more extensive, with more medicines being covered by Medicare. Medicare Part B Patients would be glad to know that Medicare Part B now covers some pretty expensive drugs. Medicare Part B usually covers outpatient services...
Medicare Part B covers two types of services – medically necessary services and preventive services. While Part A focuses on emergency services, Part B covers day-to-day medical needs and this is why Part B claims are crucial for healthcare providers. Once you...
Glaucoma specialists and ophthalmologists are required to pay more attention to their medical coding tasks now since Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) for 2015 has introduced significant changes in glaucoma surgery reporting. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
This July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the 2016 Proposed Rule for the Medicare Program covering Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs; Short Inpatient...
There is a significant change in coding for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) in 2015. Three new procedure codes have been introduced in the 2015 CPT manual to describe the physician work and practice expense involved in breast tomosynthesis. The Centers for...