Medical groups, payers, hospitals and health systems are being inspired by healthcare reform and new payment trends to consider new
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Specialties Amenable to Telehealth
Telemedicine and telehealth continue to grow in popularity and are the subjects of recent legislation in New York and Texas,
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Hospitals Can Use QAPI Worksheet and CoPs to Prepare for Surveys
When CMS shows up at a hospital’s door, the hospital staff needs to be able to show that it’s in
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Baby Your Ob-Gyn Coding Practices Now to Ensure a Healthy 2018
This year’s annual updates to the ICD-10-CM and PCS codes will have special implications for ob-gyn practices and coders in
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Changes to ICD-10-CM Codes for Cardiology Coming Your Way
Now that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the ICD-10-CM codes that you’ll be using from
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HHS Puts Brakes on Gender Provisions of Nondiscrimination Final Rule
Federally funded healthcare services for gender transitioning and women’s services remain on ice while the Department of Health and Human
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Ortho Coding to See Key Changes in 2018
It’s still summer, but 2017 is slipping away fast, so there’s not that much time left to get ready for
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Republicans Fail to ‘Repeal & Replace’ Obamacare: What’s Next?
After months of wrangling, Republicans in the U.S. Senate on July 18 announced more defectors who said they would not
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Get a Leg Up on Coding for Feet in 2018
Procedures and services related to the foot are very specific and can be quite confusing because of all the medical
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Defining and Documenting Medical Necessity to Support Proper Billing and Coding
“Medical necessity” is generally understood to refer to the requirement that medical services be justifiably reasonable, necessary and appropriate and
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