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Providers may need to keep track of two different times when reporting new CPT® add-on code 99XXX for prolonged services in 2021. CMS will not follow the time ranges that the AMA released in its guidelines for office E/M visits and prolonged services, according to the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule.

Q: What should be covered in a hospital's bad debt reporting compliance policy and procedure?

Q: Would it be appropriate to use family psychotherapy CPT codes 90846-90849 to report therapy for the benefit one person that involves input from family members?

Q: If researchers want to obtain PHI for a person who died of COVID-19, what is the protocol for releasing that information? What are the HIPAA protections?

Q: As a case manager, part of my job is making sure my patients are capable of utilizing technology to access telemedicine. What are your recommendations for helping patients get up to speed with technology?

Inpatient novel coronavirus (COVID-19) claims will require a positive viral test result to be eligible for the 20% increase in the MS-DRG weighting factor, effective for admissions on or after September 1.

Northern Light Health, a Maine-based healthcare system, suffered a data breach in May that affected 657,392 individuals, according to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) breach portal.

The AMA on August 10 announced four new CPT® codes for reporting COVID-19 laboratory testing, including two codes for reporting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibody detection. 

Q: What documentation elements are required to support a secondary diagnosis of malnutrition? Can the diagnosis be made based on lab results?

Q: We have patients being admitted for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and most of them have a laundry list of various manifestations and complications. Do all manifestations and complications need to be reported in ICD-10-CM?