You Should Worry about Medical Coding Guidelines Changing
Published: Fri, 09/22/17
You Should Worry about Medical Coding Guidelines Changing
Changes are coming with Evaluation and Management (E&M) coding guidelines. I will use this space to explain why these changes will be both a good thing and a challenge to physicians, particularly those who derive much of their income from office visits.
Much was covered during the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee (C&M) meeting last week at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) headquarters in Baltimore. The first striking item was that there were no...
Accurate, efficient revenue cycle management is essential to maintaining positive cash flow in a healthcare facility. Maintaining positive health care finances requires that claims processing and payments are effectively managed and that claims are "trackable at all points so issues can be addressed in a timely
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