CDC Ends Freeze On New ICD-10 Codes

Published: Wed, 03/23/16

 
CDC Ends Freeze On New ICD-10 Codes

It comes naturally to want to help your patients; especially the ones struggling to get by on a meager income or retirement. At first blush, it may make sense to waive the patient portion of a medical bill after the insurance has paid. But before you waive a patient's financial responsibility, consider the legal consequences of doing so.
 
Don't Write Off Patient Co-pays

It comes naturally to want to help your patients; especially the ones struggling to get by on a meager income or retirement. At first blush, it may make sense to waive the patient portion of a medical bill after the insurance has paid. But before you waive a patient's financial responsibility, consider the legal consequences of doing so.
 
Is the Cloud Safe for Medical Billing Data?

Just how safe is the cloud and can we trust online software to keep sensitive medical billing data secure from a breach? In theory, the cloud is supposed to do little other than make our lives simpler; but in reality it can absolutely drive us nuts (not-so-scary) and leave us open to cyber threats from malicious thugs (very scary).
 
 
One Vaccine Code Fits All?

Someone recently asked me an interesting question I had not thought about previously – hence the impetus to write this article. The question was “why code immunization to Z23 in ICD-10-CM?”.....
 
Ups and Downs in Workers' Compensation Bills

Businesses, counties and municipalities could see a potentially significant increase in workers’ compensation benefits under legislation introduced in the House of Representatives involving permanent partial disability awards that have been reopened and modified due to worsening conditions.....
 
Spelling Out Medical Necessity; Duplicative Coding

From a purely payer policy perspective many lab codes have pre-determined lists of payable diagnoses codes, some with lists of necessary but non-payable codes and some with lists of always non-payable codes. This is by payer policy alone and not dependent on documentation....