Your new 2019 CPT® manual contains a lot of changes to the peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) codes and guidelines. But if you code for a provider who has received PICC certification, you don’t have
Your new 2019 CPT® manual contains a lot of changes to the peripherally inserted central venous catheter (PICC) codes and guidelines. But if you code for a provider who has received PICC certification, you don’t have to get overwhelmed. We’ve added up all the major 2019
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SPOILER ALERT: More shake ups, reductions, and rebalancing for 2019.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revisions to payment policies under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for calendar year 2019.
“The Year 3 policies are reflective of the
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If you’ve read TCI’s Medicare Compliance and Reimbursement Insider, then you already know the painful truth: If your practice receives Medicare reimbursement for services rendered to Medicare beneficiaries, and if you cannot prove medical necessity for those services, then you can be prosecuted under the
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Coding for cerumen (earwax) removal is going to get a whole lot easier in 2016.
Reason: CPT® is introducing 69209 (Removal impacted cerumen using irrigation/lavage, unilateral). This code will allow you to code for encounters when your provider removes impacted cerumen using irrigation or lavage. Previous
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“Am I at risk?” This question comes up so often when I am approached at conferences by practice managers and physicians. Many in the healthcare industry have a sense of dread when thinking about what could happen if they are targeted for a government audit
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One of your full-time physicians goes on vacation – or sabbatical or maternity leave. Your practice employs a locum tenens (lt) to fill in for the missing physician.
No problem, until you try to bill for the substitute physician’s services with Medicare – or payers who
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