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Conduct regular checkups of your provider’s public claims data

10/03/2022

Use publicly available claims data to get a complete picture of your providers’ data, see how they stack up against their peers and identify problems before they catch an investigator’s attention.

Risk analysis initiated: Use updated assessment tool to stay safe

10/03/2022

by: Dom Nicastro

One major part of complying with HIPAA is conducting a risk assessment, and a new release from federal agencies gives you a fresh tool to perform an internal security risk assessment (SRA).

CPT Assistant says no to mixing table of risk examples, CPT E/M guidelines

10/03/2022

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

When you train staff on the next update to level-based E/M services, remind them that they can’t play mix-and-match with the new guidelines and the 1995 or 1997 Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services.

Quarterly edits bring in new bundled services, billing caps

10/03/2022

by: Richard Scott

You’ll find several hundred new code pairs added to the auto-bundling series of National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) edits. The billing updates, which include medically unlikely edit (MUE) additions and revisions, take effect Oct. 1.

One obstacle for more advanced med tech adoption: Malpractice

10/03/2022

by: Roy Edroso

One critical factor in physicians’ decisions to use new medical technology is a concern that the new tech may expose the physician or practice to liability claims.

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