Second Sight Medical Products Inc.’s retinal prosthesis system has been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for both inpatient and outpatient settings of care payments beginning…
Healthcare is an enormously complex endeavor and it has gotten more complex than ever imagined with the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA has put…
Healthcare providers may face disruptions in their payments even if they are on target to operate using ICD-10 codes on Oct. 1, 2014. Since providers will, and indeed need, to…
There was a time not that long ago that a patient might never see a medical bill, much less have to read it. But few of us can afford to…
We are about 14 months away from the ICD-10 implementation deadline. Surveys report that healthcare providers are in various states of readiness. QualiTest Group surveyed more than 300 professionals about…
With the pressures being placed on healthcare organizations and providers — ranging from participation in the EHR Incentive Programs to compliance with ICD-10 — it’s easy for the former to…
The numbers are in! According to the American Medical Association (AMA), there will be 329 total code changes in 2014, to include 175 new codes, 107 revised codes, and 47…
Medical coding is the strategy that primarily focuses on the process of assigning universal medical codes. The codes can be either alphanumeric or numeric that holds true for procedures, drugs…
More and more radiation oncology practices are opting for medical coding services. Outsourcing their coding is helping them deal with the ever-increasing complexities involved in reimbursement for this specialty. A…
Outsourcing medical coding and billing requirements is definitely beneficial in terms of reduced workload, better performance and improved revenue. However, the task of hiring a medical coding company should be…
If you've ever had to deal with large medical bills, you probably know the pain of trying to make sense of all the charges. Orem resident Ruth Cuell received a…
If you think the issue of healthcare is already a big source of confusion, wait till medical providers try to divine the new diagnostic “codes” the government has prescribed to…
Healthcare vendors are reassuring providers that they can improve medical coding productivity with computer-assisted coding (CAC) systems. But can hospitals and medical practices rely on those claims? What CAC does…
When most go to the doctor their main concerns are diagnosing their health issue and getting better. Then at some point, the medical bill may become a concern. Will their…
Before 2011, hospitalists had only Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) specialty-specific CPT distribution data, and no hospitalist-specific data, available when looking for benchmarks against which to compare their…
There are three major components to the ICD-10 transition: physicians and their documentation, payers and their claims processing, and the medical coders that bridge the two. While each group faces…