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03/16/2020

If you’re keeping tabs on your aging health care providers to make sure they’re still in shape to care for patients, a new EEOC lawsuit may convince you to reduce the role of age in your program and focus instead on competency targets.

03/16/2020

Brush up on your telehealth game plan and coding requirements as the country prepares for the peak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Experts say the telemedicine market is poised to flex some muscles during the escalating coronavirus scare, while questions about supplies linger.

03/16/2020

In a swift call to action, CMS has introduced a second HCPCS novel coronavirus lab test code for you to add to revenue billing cycles and released three fact sheets that spell out public and private health care insurance coverage policies.

03/16/2020

Practices that treat substance use disorders (SUD) and perform urine drug testing take note: The OIG added urine drug tests for SUD patients to the Work Plan in its October 2019 update. Urine drug tests are an essential and separately billable part of treating SUD but high billing error rates in 2018 are prompting a review.

03/16/2020

The specialties that claimed office E/M codes most often in 2017 held steady in terms of volume and payment in 2018. But for some specialties, the denial rates varied widely.

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