Auditing physician charges and billing practices allows the physician and practice staff to identify incorrect billing pattern before claims are
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A Primer on EMTALA and its Impact
Did you know that hospitals are required to provide appropriate treatment and screening to every patient who presents to the
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A Brief Overview of Direct Primary Care (DPC) Model
In a course of their career, primary care physicians spend 40% of their practice revenue dealing with billing issues and
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Clarifying the Confusion Surrounding Time-Based Services Coding
Time-based coding is one of the least-understood elements in Evaluation and Management Service coding. Unlike other E/M patient encounters which
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A Peek at New Paravertebral Nerve Block CPT Codes
A paravertebral or paraspinous blocks is a unilateral block of the spinal nerve, including the dorsal and ventral rami, as
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Taking the Difficulty Out of Dental Medical Cross Coding
For over 30 years, dental practices have been getting reimbursed by medical insurance. Although the policies, trends, and codes have
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6 Tips to Pass Your Audits in Flying Colors
Despite the fact that internal auditors have no influence about whether and when they are the subject of a Medicare
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Physician Compensation Report 2016
This year (2016) has seen some reasonably good news for most physicians! More than 19,500 physicians in 25 specialties responded
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10 Key Points in the New CMS Primary Care Payment Model
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced a new primary care initiative called Comprehensive Primary Care Plus model,
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Urology Coding – Making Sense of Modifiers in 2016
If you are a coder involved in urology coding, it’s imperative to know modifiers inside and out, or your might
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