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Looking Back on 2021 E/M Changes

Study shows physicians and medical coders are struggling with accuracy rates and other challenges. Wow! I can’t believe it’s already been a year using the 2021 guidelines for office or other outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) services. It seems like yesterday we were all scrambling to prepare our physicians, coders, and billing staff for the […]

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Industry Pushes Back Against Looming Surprise Billing Ban Compliance Date

Payers and hospitals call for a delay until 2023 as they wait for key elements of the NSA to be released and an end to the public health emergency. As the Jan. 1, 2022, compliance date for the No Surprises Act (NSA) that bans surprise (balance) billing approaches, insurers and hospitals are asking to delay […]

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Prior Authorization for Non-Emergent Ambulance Transports Back on Track

Find out what you’ll need to do to get these claims paid. Expansion of the Prior Authorization Model for Repetitive, Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transports (RSNAT) will begin as early as Dec. 1 for some independent ambulance suppliers, according to a notice in the Aug. 27 Federal Register. Medicare Part B Coding and Coverage Prior authorization […]

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Medical Reviews are Back on Track

Make sure your physician practice is prepared for renewed scrutiny of Medicare claims. Medicare Part B post-payment, service-specific medical reviews resumed Aug. 17, 2020, after a brief hiatus due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. Prepare for time-sensitive Additional Documentation Request (ADR) letters by knowing what services Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will be reviewing next. […]

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Home Health Pay Increase Scaled Back for 2021

About $ 150 million less will make it into home health than proposed. The scores of comments on the Home Health final rule for 2021 fell mostly on deaf ears. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has changed almost nothing from the 2021 proposed rule. What HHAs wanted: Home health agencies (HHAs) and their representatives […]

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CMS Pushes Back Quality Reporting Deadlines

Quality data submission may be optional in the months ahead. If you’re struggling to compile your Medicare quality reporting data, relief is in sight. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering much needed assistance with extensions to submission deadlines and additional hardship exceptions. “CMS recognizes that […]

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Pakistani transcriber threatens UCSF over back pay

A woman in Pakistan doing cut-rate clerical work for UCSF Medical Center threatened to post patients’ confidential files on the Internet unless she was paid more money. To show she was serious, the woman sent UCSF an e-mail earlier this month with actual patients’ records attached.

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