News & Analysis

2020 CPT update: Review new codes for cardiovascular and digestive procedures

January 1, 2020
Briefings on APCs

The 2020 update to the CPT Manual includes extensive updates to cardiovascular codes, including new codes for pericardiocentesis and pericardial drainage, aortic grafting, and endovascular repair procedures.

Sample cancelled account policy

December 25, 2019
HIM Briefings

Use this sample policy as a template for your organization.

Q&A: Reporting 2020 Category III CPT codes for bone strength and fracture risk assessments

December 20, 2019
News & Insights

Q: Can you please explain appropriate billing and reporting of Category III codes 0554T-0557T for biomechanical assessments?

Note from the instructor: Site-neutral policies–a saga in the making

December 19, 2019
Medicare Insider

This week's note from the instructor walks through the recent twists and turns of the legal fight against CMS' site-neutral payment reductions. 

Q&A: Treating out-of-country patients

December 19, 2019
News & Insights

Q: If an out-of-country patient comes into our ER, must we be cognizant of his or her home country’s healthcare privacy laws?

2020 IPPS hospital wage-index errors may have led to incorrect payments

December 18, 2019
News & Insights

Eighty-four hospitals may have received incorrect payments for discharges on or after October 1 due to errors in the hospital wage-index table published in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) pricer, according to CMS.

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