Hint: Gathering upfront pay and watching E/Ms make a difference.

Children need physicals to participate in their favorite sports year round, but the demand can grow with warm weather approaching. Ideally, the need for sports physicals should provide the opportunity...

Medicare won’t pay 69210 alone, so here’s how to unlock payment.

Impacted cerumen removal is a fairly straightforward procedure, but billing for the procedure is not always so simple.

The problem: Most payers, including Medicare,consider 69210 (Removal impacted cerumen [separate...

Watch frequency and provide documentation to rationalize extra pay.

Applying modifier 22 (Increased procedural services) can help increase reimbursement if your neurosurgeon documents a greater-than-usual effort during a surgical service. To ensure your claims’ success, surgeons and coders must also...

Tip: Bill for the exact units given per patient.

Question: My neurologist scheduled two patients back-to-back for botulinum type B injections. But he didn’t use all of the Botox and we disposed of it. Do I need to report the...