The Important Message from Medicare (IMM) has changed significantly in its latest reiteration, and the IMM now must be presented to both Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients, according to Ronald Hirsch, MD, who explained during Monday’s edition of Monitor...

Success can cost you more than you thought it would. You might have heard the phrase, “everyone wants to be successful until they see what it actually takes.” While I’m not sure where the quote originates, I’ve seen it attached to various images, one of which is...

The coding of medical diagnosis and treatment has always been a challenging issue. Translating a patient’s complex symptoms, and a clinician’s efforts to address them, into a clear and unambiguous classification code was difficult even in simpler times. Now...

Hospital billing departments coordinate health plan benefits every day. Typically, coordination of benefits (COB) is aided by patient registration workflows that gather basic demographic and health insurance information. But what if a patient gets hurt on the job or in an automobile accident?

Question: I am aware that diagnosis codes for 2020 updated Oct. 1, 2019, but what about CPT codes? And do you have any information about codes that may affect acupuncture providers?

The American Medical Association (AMA) recently issued a checklist for physician practices to use when adopting evaluation and management (E/M) coding and documentation changes slated to take effect next year.

Funding legislation aimed at keeping HHS and other non-Defense agencies running in fiscal year (FY) 2020 will also postpone $4 billion in Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment cuts until May 20, 2020.

While many people make plans for a new year, it's also time to prepare for the new 2020 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes. That means reviewing CPT coding changes, learning new codes, removing deleted codes, and understanding the revised codes and definitions.

On Oct. 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law (often called the “Stark Law”). The law prohibits physicians from making referrals for certain healthcare services...