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06/21/2021
CMS will pay more money to Medicare providers for administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the home, beginning with vaccines administered on June 8, 2021.
06/21/2021
CMS and the U.S. Congress are pushing for you to provide the cognitive assessment and plan of care service billed to Medicare with 99483. You don’t have to be a behavioral health or gerontology specialist to do so, but you should make sure you’re prepared.
06/21/2021
On June 10, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced updated guidance along with new rules for frontline health care employers. The latest word from OSHA reflects new guidance from CDC in May that says fully vaccinated people can safely go without masks and physical distancing in most situations.
06/21/2021
by: Roy Edroso
CMS has been pushing for wider use of its behavioral health codes, which you can see in the big push to get providers to use 99483 (Assessment of and care planning for a patient with cognitive impairment). The uptake has been on the slow side, but signals are flashing that the pace may pick up over time.
06/14/2021
If your practice is interested in pursuing patient debt to boost receipts, go gentle lest you mar your reputation with patients. Also, try innovative and caring approaches that may yield financial benefits before treatment even begins.
06/14/2021
A new report says the market for physician practices and other medical entities, which showed surprising signs of life in the midst of COVID-19, is even hotter now; but if you want to get in on it, note that the sheer number of practices in the pipeline, not to mention an impending capital gains tax hike, may get in your way.
06/14/2021
Updated technical assistance from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) clarifies how employers can require or encourage employees to take a COVID-19 vaccine, but attorneys advising employers point out how the document also contains cautions.
06/14/2021
Watch the latest Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) release to ensure you’re in line with the latest Medicare billing guidance, which includes new caps on a series of injection codes.
06/14/2021
Watch a recent addition to the HHS Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Work Plan: It may have implications for practices that frequently report a procedure and an E/M visit during the same patient encounter.
06/07/2021
Embracing technology in the office to boost operations and maintain patient volume was one of the more effective strategies providers used to fend off the COVID doldrums, and the experience may serve as a roadmap for disruptions in the future. It appears government money didn’t hurt, either.

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