News & Analysis

March 1, 2023
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the extension of a publication date for a final rule on potential civil monetary penalties for failure to meet Medicare secondary payer reporting obligations, additional information on the end of the COVID-19 PHE, an implementation transmittal for additional sections of the Consolidated Appropriations Act and Further Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, and more! 

March 1, 2023
Briefings on APCs

Remote therapeutic monitoring is one of the latest services to enter the virtual landscape since the COVID-19 public health emergency began. Debbie Jones, CPC, CCA, defines the services and reviews CPT guidance for reporting them.

February 22, 2023
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include details on billing for insulin ahead of the new coinsurance cap, updates to the OIG work plan, information on new drug pricing models, and more!

February 15, 2023
Briefings on APCs

Alysia Minott, CIRCC, CCS, CDIP, explains that CPT coding for complex procedures performed using interventional radiology (IR) can be mastered; the first step is learning how to interpret applicable coding guidelines.

February 15, 2023
Medicare Insider

This week's Medicare updates include changes to the manual to add in clarification about payment for vaccines at critical access hospitals, updates to the manual pertaining to billing changes from CY 2020 and CY 2021 final rules, and more!

February 8, 2023
Medicare Insider

This week’s Medicare updates include the 2024 Medicare Advantage Advance Notice, resources on waivers that will end with the PHE in May, a correction to instructions on split-shared billing, and more!

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