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04/07/2025
The latest CERT report shows that you may be skating on lab orders that could get taken back upon post-payment review — mainly because of documentation errors. Take a few simple steps to make sure your claims are clean.
04/07/2025
HHS has announced the dismissal of 10,000 employees Department-wide, which takes the official number of cashiered employees so far to about 20,000.
04/07/2025
Audio-only telehealth visits are still relevant thanks to another extension of audio-only services from Congress and private payer adoption. Below you will find two recent questions about how to report audio-only visits to private payers. Remember that telehealth coding is an evolving topic; you should watch the plans your practice accepts for new and revised guidance throughout the year.
04/07/2025
Question: How should privacy officers approach risk assessments in the face of emerging cyberthreats like ransomware, and what best practices can be implemented to ensure both technical safeguards and workforce training align with HIPAA security requirements?
04/07/2025
As the prevalence of diabetes mellitus continues to grow, a keen understanding of the disease can help you keep track of how to code for it. From pre-diabetes to the increasingly common Type 2 diabetes, accurate coding will help keep your claims correct.
04/07/2025
Ensure your coding and documentation accuracy is on target for a host of E/M claims, including chronic care management (CCM) (99490) and transitional care management (TCM) (99495, 99496) that one of CMS’ auditing arms has flagged for improper payments.

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