News & Analysis

October 1, 2015
Briefings on APCs

Use this 10-question quiz to determine how well you understand common medical prefixes and suffixes.

October 1, 2015
Briefings on APCs

Heart disease is the most common cause of death for both men and women in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The most common type is coronary artery disease (CAD), which can lead to heart attacks, heart failure, angina, and arrhythmias, according to the CDC. 

October 1, 2015
Briefings on APCs

Because CMS has not created any national ED E/M guidelines, providers must create their own criteria for each visit level.

October 1, 2015
Briefings on APCs

When a patient suffers a traumatic injury or poisoning, we need to report how they became injured and where they were when it happened. You already know this from ICD-9-CM.

September 29, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is part II in a series of three notes about the four parts of Medicare. Click here for the in-depth analysis. 

September 29, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include: Claims processing Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) policy and procedures regarding ongoing responsibility for medicals (ORM); Maintenance and update of the temporary hook created to hold OPPS claims that include certain drug HCPCS codes; and more!

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