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06/20/2022
Your practice can increase revenue and improve patient satisfaction with the addition of non-medical services, such as spa treatments, fitness programs or healthy cooking classes. But the first step to adding a non-medical service is to make sure everyone who will be involved is willing and able to invest time, effort and money in the business venture.
06/20/2022
A flurry of stakeholder complaints around the “convener” requirement for good faith estimates (GFE) that are a product of the No Surprises Act of 2020 has put pressure on CMS to take action. Experts predict CMS will bend on the requirement but is unlikely to remove it entirely.
06/20/2022
It’s final: Providers will have 1,491 ICD-10-CM code changes to prepare for by Oct. 1 this year, including 1,176 new codes, 287 deletions and 28 code revisions.
06/20/2022
A rash of gun violence around the nation, including a June 1 shooting at the St. Francis Hospital campus in Tulsa, is a cue to consider security upgrades to protect your practice and patients.
06/20/2022
Hopes that CMS would make a mid-year cut to Medicare Part B premiums were dashed by an agency release suggesting they would be trimmed in 2023 instead.
06/20/2022
Much like standard E/M office visits, lab tests and other services, separately reported postoperative patient encounters took a sharp dive in 2020 as practices grappled with the first wave of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).

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