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Even with COVID, practice M&A market better than expected; watch terms

11/16/2020

You might think the mergers and acquisition (M&A) market for physician practices would be weak, thanks to COVID-19. But experts say there’s money out there — and some properties may be almost as hot as they were before March.

The three elements of MDM: Examine the levels of ‘problems addressed’

11/16/2020

by: Laura Evans CPC

Now that documentation of history and exam will no longer be required to assign the appropriate office visit code, some coders may be looking forward to coding E/M encounters (99202-99215) based only on time.

In latest interim final rule, CMS prepares for initial vaccine coverage and payment

11/16/2020

by: Alicia Kutzer

On Oct. 28, CMS published a draft copy of an Interim Final Rule with Request for Comments (IFC) concerning coverage, billing and payment for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics.

OCR: Don’t honor patient requests that could violate Title VI

11/16/2020

by: Marla Durben Hirsch

Your patients may request treatment by a physician or other clinician at your practice. But if they request —or demand — a clinician based on the employee’s race, color or national origin, that’s not a request you can acquiesce to, because that would constitute discrimination.

5 ways to respond when a patient request is motivated by bias

11/16/2020

by: Marla Durben Hirsch

5 ways to respond when a patient request is motivated by bias Honoring a patient’s request or demand for a clinician based on race, color or national origin is not legal, as the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has pointed out in a recent bulletin about the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are five steps to prepare for and deal with such a situation.

2019 Medicare claims: More utilization and payments, lower denial rate

11/16/2020

by: Roy Edroso

CMS released its Part B claims numbers for 2019 on Nov. 5, and the yearly numbers show nearly everything growing except two areas: denial rates and E/M utilization.

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