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05/24/2021
A “discussion of management or test interpretation” can earn a moderate or high score under the data review element of an E/M office visit. But before you give the billing practitioner credit for a discussion, make sure the documentation shows that it met the definition that was added to the 2021 CPT guidelines for E/M services on March 9.
05/24/2021
Share the official definition of a discussion under the new guidelines for office E/M visits (99202-99215) with practitioners and coders.
05/24/2021
As your practice emerges from the COVID-19 slowdown, you might consider “virtual assistants” as part of the mix of tools that can smooth patients’ return to the office and help them, along with your care teams, to make up for lost time.
05/24/2021
The CDC’s recent announcement that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can shed their masks in many settings, including indoors, no doubt came as welcome news to mask-weary workers. However, employers are warned not to relax rules too quickly.
05/24/2021
A new version of a bill that would mandate faster prior authorization of services by Medicare Advantage plans has been introduced in the House and appears to have a better chance of passing than its predecessors.
05/24/2021
It’s time for your practice to assess whether and how it conducted a security risk analysis. The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published its latest HIPAA audit industry report, and the findings aren’t pretty.
05/24/2021
Medical practices returned reams of money on leading services that they reported with modifier 26 (Professional component), including a spate of X-ray codes, tissue exams and other testing codes.

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