This week’s updates include new waived tests and a quarterly update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Database. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
This week’s note is about billing related to Investigational Device Exemption studies. Click the link above for more information and an in-depth analysis.
This week’s updates include an update to the hospital appeals settlement and several items relating to testing and implementation of ICD-10. Click the link above to read more about this week’s updates.
The good news is that the rate of 30-day readmissions is going down in hospitals across the nation, according to a CMS report. The bad news is that fines are going up. CMS also added some new conditions to its readmission prevention list for 2015.
Do your coders ever feel as if they work more hours than most coders? Or perhaps they think their compensation is lower than other coders across the country? Have you ever wondered how your coders compare to the average coder?
