Q: Does a psychiatrist need to document a physical examination and a review of prescriptions in order to support the reporting of CPT code 90792 (psychiatric diagnostic evaluation with medical services)?
This week's note from the instructor explores coding and billing for the new care management services established by the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule.
Q: HHS has a proposed rule out that would make sharing of health information to patients easier through the use of APIs and smartphones. What’s important to know for making these apps secure as we work with vendors who will ultimately be producing these apps for a covered entity?
Along with its annual updates to the inpatient-only list, the 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) final rule finalized a proposal that will give hospitals a grace period to adjust internal policies for procedures recently removed from the inpatient-only list.
