HHS Issues 6-Month Delay to Common Rule Implementation
|
The Department of Health and Human Services, along with 15 other federal agencies, has issued a six-month delay to an Obama-era rule that provides health informatics researchers with greater access to EHR and patient-reported
data.
Click Here to Read More
|
CDI and Medical Necessity: Closing the Gap Could Prevent Denials
|
Medical policies are based off of evidence-based medicine. Without proper documentation, however, most providers struggle to get services or procedures covered for patients. Click Here to Read More
|
Medical Billing Codes Do Not Address Full Scope of Primary Care
|
Family physicians could not bill for all the services provided in the majority of their visits because CPT codes for medical billing did not cover the services, a study found. Click Here to Read More
|
ICD-10 Coding: Three Ways to Improve Quality: Consistency, Collaboration, and Education
|
Results of the 2nd Annual National Coding Productivity and Accuracy Contest were released in September 2017. Although accuracy rates were higher than reported following the same contest in 2016, quality remains significantly low compared to the 95 percent benchmark established in
ICD-9. Click Here to Read More
|
How to Code for ‘Problem’ Discovered During Preventive Medicine Visit
|
The Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) manual offers guidelines on how to code for a “problem” that is addressed during a preventive medicine service. The guidelines cover “insignificant or trivial” problems as well as those that are
“significant.”
Click Here to Read More
|
Exam Study Guides Only $47
|
|
|
