News & Analysis

January 26, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about Modifier -59 and –X {EPSU} modifiers. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.

January 20, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include updates to the ASC payment system and notice of new interest rate for Medicare overpayments and underpayments. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.

January 20, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about audits of E/M levels. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis. 

January 13, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s updates include information about adequate documentation for claims and an update regarding preventative and screening services. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.

January 13, 2015
Medicare Insider

This week’s note is about Medicare bad debt reimbursement. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.

January 12, 2015
Case Management Monthly

After physicians treat them in the emergency department (ED), millions of patients each year head home to recover, but not all of them do so successfully. Many wind up needing to head right back to the hospital because something goes wrong and the discharge fails. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently partnered with the Johns Hopkins University Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality to study this issue.

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