UK HealthCare’s Chief Compliance Officer R. Brett Short knew he was in for a rough day as soon as he saw the email from his organization’s privacy officer.
The U.S. healthcare system is and will continue to be dependent on clinical codes and is thus equally dependent on accurate and complete clinical documentation.
In the 2014 OPPS Final Rule, CMS offered the following -example for billing a laboratory test on the same date of service as the primary service, but ordered for a different purpose than the primar
In addition to increased packaging and collapsing of E/M clinic visit level CPT® codes in the 2014 OPPS -Final Rule, CMS made additional changes that will have an immediate impact on reimbursement