Statistics on foodborne diseases are startling, to say the least: Each year, such illnesses are responsible for the hospitalization of
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Dig Deeper into the IMPACT Act: Is Your PAC Facility Prepared?
Hospitals may aim for a smooth and coordinate patient discharge process, but they’re not reaching that goal often enough according
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Untangle Tricky ‘Incident To’ Guidelines for Physicians and Hospitals
“Incident to billing” is perhaps one of the most confusing aspects of healthcare compliance, given the complex requirements and the
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Best Audit Preparation Practices For Your Ophthalmology Clinic
Nobody loves an audit, certainly not the office staff responsible for coding and documentation accuracy. But if you’re proactive—and learn
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CMS Tasks Hospitals with Stopping Superbugs
Resistance to antibiotics is one of the greatest modern health threats, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with doctors
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Each day, urologists perform increasingly complicated operations involving multiple surgical procedures and different CPT® codes. Such complex procedures can trip
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Breaking Down the Complex Requirements for ICD-10-CM Hospice Coding
In recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased the level of detail required for proper
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Getting to the Heart of Catheterization Coding with CPT 2018
With the 2018 ICD-10-CM and CPT® changes now released and in effect, cardiology is one of the specialties most impacted,
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Pathology Updates in CPT 2018 Highlight Reimbursement Changes for Lab Tests
2018 promises to be a year of important changes for pathology, with the introduction of approximately 40 new CPT® codes
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The new year is finally here, and with it several changes to CPT® codes—314, in fact. However, orthopedists won’t see
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