The 2018 changes to the CPT® codes include many that cover internal medicine. Office and practice managers, coders and billers
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Popularity of Provider-based Clinics Accompanied by New Rules
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in November published its final Medicare physician fee schedule rule for calendar
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Taking Your Data to the Cloud? Navigating HIPAA Requires Caution
Is Amazon’s AWS HIPAA-compliant? That’s a good question with an evolving answer, and a pertinent question, too, since, according to
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Telemedicine’s ROI Numbers Attract Providers
Telemedicine is rapidly becoming a fixture on the American health care landscape. Indeed, telemedicine is increasingly being seen as a
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U.S. Hospital Shootings Average About One per Month
Random gun attacks and mass shootings make headlines nearly on a weekly basis, but shootings at hospitals are, thankfully, rarer.
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How to Avoid Common E/M Coding Pitfalls
Coding and overpayments are getting a lot of regulatory attention—are you in the government’s crosshairs? Evaluation and management (E/M) always
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Get to Know the CMS-855 Forms: All 7 of Them!
If your facility treats Medicare patients, you know—or have surely heard—about the 855 form. Actually, the Centers for Medicare &
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This summer the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted draft guidance on the use of electronic records for automation analysts,
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OIG Still Cleaning Up 2017 Hospice Work Plan Areas, 2018 Items On the Way
The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG) Work Plan provides hospice facilities a blueprint for their compliance activities for the
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What’s Next for Urology? Smartphone-Enabled Ultrasounds
Top-tier ultrasound machines can easily top $100,000, while even a used machine with basic features can set a clinic back
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