Although most eligible clinicians who participated in the first reporting year of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System received a positive payment adjustment, even the highest performing clinicians saw only a modest bonus.
Hispanic Americans make up nearly 18% of the total population, and a recent survey report from CMS finds that the diversity of ancestry within that population makes a difference when it comes to health outcomes.
As healthcare becomes more mobile, there are increasing concerns with device security, particularly when physicians and other healthcare professionals use their personal mobile devices to do their work and to communicate with patients.
Leaving the hospital can be a difficult transition for older patients with chronic diseases. The Community Aging in Place—Advancing Better Living for Elders (CAPABLE) intervention was created: to help remove barriers at home that stand between people and better health.
Q: A lung cancer patient presents to the infusion clinic to receive chemotherapy treatments. The patient receives a Carboplatin infusion, a Gezmar infusion, and an Anzemet intravenous push. Which CPT codes would be used to report these services?
