From the same folks who brought you the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD), there is a new initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) known as the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) Documentation Requirement Lookup Service (DRLS) pilot.

Central Learning is a web-based coding assessment and education application. Since 2016, the company has conducted an annual national coding contest to measure ICD-10 coding accuracy and production. The initial premise was to evaluate how coding accuracy and...

As reported by the American Hospital Association and other organizations, starting in 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be adding outpatient total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to the list of episodes in the Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI) advanced program.

Not all individuals have the same illnesses, and even for the same chronic diseases, how any patient is affected varies. In determining payments for care, Medicare introduced modifiers to gauge and report on the associated severity of illness. Often, the chicanery...

Are you getting enough sleep? So often we sacrifice sleep for work, housework, family demands, or watching that good movie or basketball game. Sleep is just as important as a healthy diet and regular physical activity. Poor sleep habits can lead to an increased...

Q: Are there any updates on the Evaluation and Management (E/M) code requirements?

A: The American Medical Association (AMA) has now weighed in with their E/M requirement modifications, which means that all payers will be...