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02/24/2025
Practice security is paramount not only for patients but also for staff. If they’re your first line of defense, they have considerable exposure if trouble walks in. It’s important to consider their safety, for legal as well as humanitarian reasons.
02/24/2025
Ransomware threats in health care are growing. As a not-so-subtle reminder, consider three settlements from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) occurring this past October. These enforcements mark the OCR’s fifth, sixth and seventh actions related to ransomware, and underscore the vital importance of proper cybersecurity safeguards.
02/24/2025
Question: With Medicare extending the telehealth flexibility for some items until March 31, 2025, do you know whether an Indiana physician can perform telehealth services on a patient living in Michigan or Florida for the winter? Or does the physician have to be licensed in that state? I know the geographical restrictions are lifted until March 31, but I wasn’t sure whether that includes the state licensing issue or if that requirement is at the individual state level.
02/24/2025
On January 17, CMS published a Proposed Guidance Document regarding study protocol that relies on real-world data (RWD) sources for a national coverage determination using the coverage with evidence development (CED) paradigm. 
02/24/2025
It’s been a bumper multi-year rate of growth for a series of chronic care management (CCM) codes, led by the standard bearer 99490, which saw payments nearly double between 2021 and 2023, topping $259 million in non-facility professional fees.
02/17/2025
Though recent statistics show very few physicians opting out of Medicare, boosters of self-pay medical practice models — concierge, direct primary care and hybrid — still believe those models will advance in years to come, partly due to the interest of physicians, and partly due to the interest of investors.
02/17/2025
Radiologists and providers who implant or program implantable medical devices should review the six new magnetic resonance (MR) safety codes (76014-76019) that went into effect Jan. 1. The codes describe the work involved when a medical implant or metallic foreign bodies create additional risks for an MR exam.
02/17/2025
The 2025 CPT Manual includes six new, detail-laden magnetic resonance (MR) safety codes. Familiarity with the full descriptor for each code is an essential starting point for reporting these services.
02/17/2025
The CDC did not release any new codes to take effect April 1 this year, however there are some noteworthy changes coming to the guidelines, including the addition of two new guidelines for obesity codes found under category E66 (Overweight and Obesity).
02/17/2025
Question: Did chronic pain care management codes G3002 and G3003 replace chronic care management codes 99490 and 99439?

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