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09/09/2019

Discouraging bonuses and ever-increasing requirements under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), along with other hassles of modern fee-for-service life, may be driving some providers out of business — or into new payment models, where CMS would prefer to see them.
 

09/09/2019
The major modifications that CMS has proposed for oft-reported E/M office codes 99202-99215 would bring disruption to your documentation standards – but not only that. Depending on your specialty, the changes could substantially move the needle on your revenue stream.
09/09/2019

Wanted: An accurate, intelligant, prompt, high-quality self-starter to provide a high level of service during the entire medical coding process.
 

09/09/2019

Question: I’ve heard that we can’t charge a patient more than $6.50 to provide a copy of medical records on a patient request. Is that true?

09/09/2019

In the recent proposed physician fee schedule, CMS estimated how fee changes would affect various specialties in 2020. But CMS also ran the numbers on the proposed changes to E/M code reimbursement, and how they would affect specialties when those changes are expected to take effect in 2021. It turns out they’ll help some specialties more than others — and leave some even worse off than before.

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