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03/03/2025
Nurse practitioners continue to enjoy growth in employment and scope of practice, which should keep the salaries high. But for some types of practice, their contributions are worth the added expense.
03/03/2025
In an ideal world there would be a clear, official answer to every coding question that comes up in your practice, but coding is full of grey areas. When official guidance doesn’t help, an internal policy can reduce arguments and boost productivity by giving coders and treating providers clarity on how to document and code in situations where there is no clear answer, or there’s a contradiction in the guidance.
03/03/2025
Train new coders to follow CMS’ rules when they find CPT guidance that doesn’t match Medicare’s requirements.
03/03/2025
Flu season has a few distressing added wrinkles this year. Keep your eye on two disease outbreaks that have health officials on high alert in several parts of the country, and make sure your infection control is tight.
03/03/2025
Practices in 22 states covered by three Medicare administrative contractors (MAC) should prepare for coverage to be halted in April for minimally invasive sacroiliac fusion procedures that do not include placement of transfixation devices across the joint.
03/03/2025
Keep an eye on denials when you report a revised code even when your overall reporting of the service decreases. That’s one lesson to draw from Medicare Part B claims data for 2023, the latest data available.

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