WHO Says Transgender is a Mental Illness
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According to the World Health Organization, being transgender is a mental illness. But that could soon change, as the WHO prepares a new edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), its global codebook that influences disease diagnostic manuals worldwide. The current version, ICD-10, was endorsed in 1990, and ICD-11 is due in
2018...
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Reducing Your Risk and Staying the Course
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With the implementation of ICD-10 we found out how disruptive some of these changes can actually be, and it appears that this was only a precursor to even more change in healthcare, with the implementation of new quality payment initiatives.....
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Good News, Bad News: The Saga Continues
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The long-awaited update to the CT lung screening national coverage determination (NCD) was finally released this month. As you may recall, current smokers who were otherwise eligible were omitted from the NCD-covered codes released last year. That is the really good news. The really bad news is....
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CMS Targets Heart Disease With New Program
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More than 500 healthcare practices have been selected to participate in a new pilot program designed to prevent heart attacks and strokes in Medicare patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Thursday....
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How Physicians Can Improve Coding And Increase Revenue
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Reimbursement for evaluation and management (EM) services is often the most challenging for primary care physicians and their billing staff. The most common EM codes are based on location, patient status, and level of service. A good understanding of the opportunities, and a review of common errors found in audits, will help your practice obtain payment and peace of
mind...
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