CMS has codified how it defines “reasonable and necessary” coverage for items and services that may be covered under Medicare Parts A and B in a new final rule.

2020 was certainly a historical year, punctuated by the COVID-19 pandemic and an overwhelming number of waivers and flexibilities for healthcare providers attempting to provide care amid chaos.

The American Academy of Professional Coders conducts an annual survey to gather information about coder salary and publishes the report on its website. Here are 25 statistics about 2019 salaries, the most recent data available.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  (CMS), in a rare move, recently raised the  conversion factor (CF) twice in one week, resulting in an adjustment of approximately $34.89 for 2021. The action by CMS marked a last

During the early part of this month, the U.S. has been averaging nearly 200,000 new cases each day, a 15-percent increase from the average two weeks prior. Whether this has been caused by...

As I and many experts predicted, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States has ramped up, and the winter is going to be bleak. On Dec. 10 (the day prior to when I wrote this article), 2,923 new coronavirus deaths and 223,570 new cases were reported nationwide.