News & Analysis

April 1, 2013
Briefings on APCs

Being audited is rarely fun. After all, you're probably going to lose money, face a fine, or both. More and more entities are auditing healthcare claims-Recovery Auditors, Medicare Integrity Contractors, MACs, FIs, commercial payers, and on and on.

March 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Coders will take more time to code records in ICD-10-CM/PCS than they do now in ICD-9-CM/PCS. This much, the industry knows.

March 1, 2013
HIM Briefings

Will ICD-10-CM/PCS wreak havoc on coding productivity?

March 1, 2013
Briefings on APCs

The AMA added five new nuclear medicine codes to the radiology section of the 2013 CPT Manual, while revising and deleting a number of codes that represented outdated technology or were bundled into placement procedures.

March 1, 2013
Briefings on APCs

Our coding experts answer your questions about physician supervision for chemotherapy, billing injectable drugs, Addendum B and coverage, new transitional care management codes, and stent placement with other procedures.

March 1, 2013
Briefings on APCs

CMS added 410 new codes and seven new therapy and patient condition modifiers to the I/OCE as part of the January 2013 update.

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