On May 6, HHS’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Touchstone Medical Imaging has agreed to pay a $3 million settlement following a security incident that exposed the protected health information of more than 300,000 patients in 2014.
Q: The American Medical Association added three new CPT codes for skin biopsies, effective January 1. What are the new biopsy codes and CPT guidelines for reporting them?
A recent MLN Matters article clarifies language in the Medicare Claims Processing Manual to match current documentation policy for evaluation and management (E/M) services billed by teaching physicians.
