The reporting deadline for the new Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is March 31, but did you know you must
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Hospice Providers: Do You Know Your Star Rating?
With so much regulation and scrutiny affecting the hospice industry, it can feel tough for hospice managers to keep their
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Changes to Discharge Plan Requirements Still in the Works at CMS
Proposed adjustments to the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs) for discharge planning could mean 2018 will be much different for
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Patients seeking treatment for substance abuse are afforded special privacy protections under a rule that went into effect in 2017:
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Pediatric Code Changes for 2018 Focus on Leveling of Care
Documenting services and understanding the appropriate levels of care in the coding guidelines is especially important in pediatrics, where under-coding
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HITECH Act’s Success Continues to Be Debated
When the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) became law in 2009, legislators envisioned it as both
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2018 CPT® and ICD-10 Updates Feature Pain Management Code Changes
The new year will bring plenty of CPT® code changes for pain management, and physicians, coders, billers and office managers
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AHA Decries Regulatory Burdens on Providers
Federal rules are directed toward healthcare providers to make sure they provide safe and high-quality care, but calls for decreasing
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Updates to CPT® Mean Changes For Ob/Gyn Coding
The 2018 CPT® manual includes a total of 314 code changes ranging from revised observation visits in the E/M chapter
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Updates to CPT® and ICD-10 Bring Change to Lab and Pathology Practices
The 2018 updates to CPT® and ICT-10 mean plenty of changes are in store for your lab and pathology practice.
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