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05/12/2014
While practice managers are paid more on average than most practice positions, they didn’t gain as quickly in 2013 as their coworkers — and they added responsibilities to their jobs too, a new Part B News survey finds.
 
05/12/2014
Have coders dual code with ICD-9 and ICD-10 to prepare for the Oct. 1, 2015, implementation date for the new code set.
 
05/12/2014
While you have more breast biopsy codes that include imaging guidance to choose from this year, CPT changes for 2014 ought to make it easier to choose the right code and prevent the need to bill multiple codes to describe a single encounter.
 
05/12/2014
Physicians have won a big victory in their fight against private payers’ demands to return overpayments and unilateral offsets of the funds from a physician’s subsequent claims.
05/12/2014
Does Medicare allow us to report an initial preventive physical exam (IPPE, code G0402) or annual wellness visit (AWV, codes G0438 and G0439) in the following places of service: assisted living facility, home, domiciliary?
 
05/12/2014
We’re all multi-tasking these days, so it’s not surprising that 54% of our survey respondents said their job responsibilities changed in the past 12 months — as did 54% of those who identified themselves as office managers/administrators. But office managers took on slightly more work than other practice people.
 

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