This week’s Medicare updates include a new CMS initiative aimed at addressing climate change in the healthcare industry, a fact sheet on potential coverage changes for HIV PrEP drugs, and more!
Orthopedists perform injections and aspirations to address a range of ailments, but reporting injections can be difficult. This article reviews proper CPT coding for sacroiliac joint injections and joint arthrocentesis.
Trey La Charité, MD, FACP, SFHM, CCS, CCDS, analyzes the challenges that both inpatient and outpatient CDI specialists encounter and offers advice to lessen provider opposition to participating in outpatient CDI.
This week’s Medicare updates include the CY 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule, two OIG reports on nursing home facility-initiated discharges, and more!
Shelley C. Safian, PhD, RHIA, CCS-P, and Mary A. Johnson, MBA-HM-HI, CPC, review the purpose of modifiers and analyze their integral part in reporting encounters, receiving reimbursement, and promoting continuity of care.