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What are the latest code changes? Get the facts, fast. This month, there’s new billing guidance for a COVID-19 vaccine; there are three new HCPCS Level II codes for COVID-19 therapeutic injections; and Medicare payment allowances for the 2021-22 influenza vaccine codes have been released. FDA Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine received the green […]
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Get caught up on the medical coding and billing news that could affect payment for your professional claims. We cut out the rhetoric and give it to you plain and simple. OIG Audit Uncovers Overpayments for TCM Services If your physicians bill for transitional care management (TCM) services, it’s time for an internal audit of […]
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Who has time to read all those wordy news releases and transmittals? Here’s news you can use in under 5 minutes. Catch up on the latest coding and billing updates that will affect your Medicare Part A/B claims. Below are summaries of timely coding and billing changes. AMA Releases Q4 2021 PLA Changes, CPT® Errata […]
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AAPC’s senior VP of products answers your questions about coding for office and other outpatient services. Ever since the release of the new 2021 evaluation and management (E/M) guidelines for office and other outpatient services, AAPC has been conducting numerous trainings through webinars, virtual workshops, conference sessions, online courses, and multiple articles in Healthcare Business […]
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No time to read all those wordy transmittals? Here’s news you can peruse in under 5 minutes. Catch up on the latest Medicare Part A/B news communicated via Medicare Learning Network (MLN) articles on your break. Below are summaries of notable coding and billing changes. FDA Retracts Bamlanivimab EUA The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) […]
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Looking back at conference in anticipation of what’s to come. AAPC’s national conference, HEALTHCON, was the topic of the AAPC Social Hour on Facebook Live, April 14, at 11 a.m. MT (1 p.m. ET). Joining moderator and AAPC Social Media Manager Alex McKinley at this biweekly event was AAPC National Advisory Board (NAB) member Rhonda […]
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AAPC’s posse pulls off a hootin’ good time for all! AAPC HEALTHCON 2021 attendees finished up day four of conference, heads whirling with essential information they will take back to their workplaces; hearts full after connecting with their peers; and bodies destressed after an inspiring talk from motivational speaker Denise Ryan. Whether remote or in […]
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AAPC’s first hybrid event got off to a great start, and the level of excitement remained high going into the third day of HEALTHCON2021. Some attendees began their day attending the networking break with exhibitors, while others greeted each other, shared pictures, sought advice, and posted rave reviews about their conference experience in the HCON […]
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Day two of HEALTHCON 2021 began with attendees getting fired up for the day in the HCON Chat. One member wrote, “This is my first ever HEALTHCON conference, I am so excited for today!!!” There were lots of pictures of four-legged “helpers” and work areas for those attending virtually, as well as pictures, questions, and […]
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AAPC sets the tone for what’s to come for healthcare business professionals. AAPC’s HEALTHCON 2021 commenced March 28 with CEO Bevan Erickson welcoming in-person and remote attendees from the Gaylord Texan hotel in Dallas. After what all the world has been through this past year, it was a pivotal moment for so many members to […]
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