by Marketing | Jun 18, 2019 | AR Management, Coding, Data Analytics and Reporting, Medical Billing, News, Physician Practitioners, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
If CVS Health officials felt uneasy about the federal hearing into the company’s Aetna acquisition that started Tuesday, they certainly didn’t let on as they boasted to analysts and investors in New York about their plans to dramatically expand the scope...
by Marketing | Apr 18, 2019 | News, Physician Practitioners, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
What value-based payment changes are coming at the federal level? CMMI plans to continue to use mandatory payment models in cases of “widespread selection bias.” The next generation of value-based payment models aims to provide a positive cost-benefit result. New...
by Marketing | Mar 5, 2019 | Auditing Documents, Coding, Contract Reimbursement Analysis, ICD-10, News, Non Physician Practitioner, Office Staff, Revenue Cycle Management
These CPT Category II codes can be billed once per member per service per calendar year. The CPT Category II codes are: 3117F – for patients who have congestive heart failure; heart failure disease-specific structured assessment tool completed. Provider completes...
by Marketing | Dec 11, 2018 | AR Management, Auditing Documents, Case Study, Coding, Data Analytics and Reporting, Practice Education, Prior Authorization Services, Provider Credentialing, Revenue Cycle Management
“At ebix, the coders are trained to look at the physician’s coding and check to ensure the physician is documenting properly. ebix’s physician education, with auditing, provides the on-going feedback to combine sound documentation principles and implement the use of...
by Marketing | Dec 11, 2018 | Electronic Health Records, News, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
Doctor use of EHR (Electronic Health Records) is causing stress that is strongly associated with physician burnout, according to a new study. That’s the conclusion of an analysis of results from a 2017 Rhode Island Department of Health survey in which 4,197 practicing...
by Marketing | Aug 1, 2018 | Coding, Medicare, News, Office Staff, Physician Practitioners, Practice Education, Revenue Cycle Management
By now, many of you have read or at least heard about the proposed changes to E/M service reporting included in the CMS proposed rule relating to the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. For those of you who have not, please see the highlights below. To summarize the...
