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03/14/2016
If you haven’t updated your annual wellness visit (AWV) form since the service first became billable in 2011, you actually don’t have to do too much beyond add some preventive services that can be billed with or initiated as part of the service.
03/14/2016
You can bill intravenous infusion codes with just about any other service you perform, according to the latest quarterly coding edits from the National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) released in February.
03/14/2016
Protect your payment for certifying home health services as CMS institutes a sweep of claims by avoiding these five common certification errors.
03/14/2016
Question: If a patient is receiving diabetic self-management training (DSMT), can they also receive an E/M service related to diabetes on the same day?
03/14/2016

If you want to provide free medical treatment as a perk to your employees, be careful to spell out the limits of the benefit up front.

03/14/2016
Denial rates for the initial annual wellness visit (AWV) are on the rise, which may help explain why their use is going down. Subsequent AWVs, however, are improving in both utilization and denials.
03/14/2016
Click the "Download file" link to access an annual wellness visit (AWV) form updated for 2016 with new screenings.

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