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Coronavirus fears at work: What employers need to know to stay protected

02/17/2020

News reports of deaths and illnesses from the rapidly spreading coronavirus get scarier every day. Millions of people are being quarantined. Foreign companies and governments are evacuating their people from hard-hit areas of China where the virus got its start. And even employees who don’t travel for work are getting anxious about traveling coworkers who may have been exposed.

After ‘historic’ acupuncture approval, weigh benefits of expanding your treatment arsenal

02/17/2020

by: James Dresbach

A new CMS position involving acupuncture and Medicare coverage is being called “historic” and “monumental” and will become a possible first step in reversing denial rates when billing and coding CPT codes 97810-97814.

Open Payments refresh brings in new categories, adds new provider types

02/17/2020

by: Roy Edroso

Heads up: Data submission to the Open Payments system has begun, and there have been some changes in who and what gets reported.

Repeating a test? Check with your MAC, use correct modifier and no do-overs.

02/17/2020

by: Roy Edroso

Question: We had to do a series of electrocardiograms (ECG) on a patient in the course of the same day. Is it appropriate to use modifier 76 (Repeat procedure or service by same physician) for this? Also, is 76 appropriate to use for other tests that are repeated for a patient?

Repeat modifier 76 works great in most cases – but sometimes wipes out

02/17/2020

by: Roy Edroso

Modifier 76 (Repeat procedure or service by same physician) is a pretty good bet in most cases, but there are a lot of codes for which it’s seldom or never accepted.

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