What you need to know about payment parity, coding, advocacy and more from our experts. Payment parity CMS’ announcement of telehealth reimbursement payment parity is a huge win for our…
Healthcare costs and healthcare payments are closely tied, but worlds apart. As the COVID-19 episode slowly winks out (for now), hundreds of millions of Americans are confused, paying higher premiums…
Did you know that the United States has over 6,000 hospitals? Unfortunately, not all of them can provide high-quality treatment due to the lack of equipment. If you’re running a…
Healthcare professionals across the globe have emerged as the true heroes of the COVID-19 crisis. Through a mission of care and compassion, they deliver urgent medical support for those battling…
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule for the 2021 fiscal year was published on May 11 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Comments are due…
HRSA is not a HIPAA-covered entity, so the official coding rules do not need to be followed when submitting claims. EDITOR’S NOTE: On this week’s Monitor Mondays, Dr. Ronald Hirsch…
Several doctors have created a guide to quickly implement an outpatient telemedicine program during the COVID-19 pandemic. The toolkit, published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, discusses…
The global market for the durable medical equipment (DME) is predicted to reach up to USD 246.6 billion by the year 2026, according to a survey done by the Polaris…
In healthcare, the payment process differs from virtually all other industries in one significant way: patients do not pay for the bulk of the service received themselves because their insurance…
Today in this corona virus pandemic crisis healthcare providers are suffering the most in providing a seamless medical billing process for orthotics and prosthetics, HME, DME billing etc. This is…
Telehealth usage was on the rise even before the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey from the American College of Physicians (ACP). The survey results were gathered in…
The Trump Administration today announced expanded Medicare telehealth coverage that will enable beneficiaries to receive a wider range of healthcare services from their doctors without having to travel to a…
As unpleasant as the task may seem, a medical record audit of your physician practice is akin to the best kind of medicine. AMA Digital Health Study, 2019 Explore insights…
Diagnosis coding brings the unique challenge of knowing when to use a 7th character on your ICD-10-CM code and then determining which character applies. These tips will help you refine…
The new rule contains two key requirements—annual disclosure of prices and 300 “shoppable” items. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) required that hospitals publish…
More changes are likely coming. As many of you have heard, there are major changes coming to evaluation and management (E&M) codes in 2021. The changes were finalized in the…