The Office of Inspector General (OIG) released new guidance to detail key risk areas relevant to the Medicare Advantage (MA) program and provide recommendations to various parties to mitigate these risks.
The CPT manual includes many types of biopsies: fine needle aspiration (FNA), core needle, and skin (tangential, punch, and incisional). This article focuses mainly on FNA biopsies and its complicated guidelines, while also touching on core needle biopsies.
As tools like agentic artificial intelligence (AI) and scribes move from pilot projects into live clinical environments, HIM professionals must determine how to properly govern and validate their use.
This week’s Medicare updates include the 2026 Therapy Code List and Dispositions, a new version of the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice, and more!
