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01/13/2020
Technological and generational gaps may still apply in the world of telehealth, but patients and medical personnel are wising up to smart technology and health care as future partners.
 
01/13/2020
Question: Our doctor saw a patient who complained about his tobacco use but did not clearly express — at least so far as the notes show — a desire to quit. Can we infer from his bringing the subject up that he was asking for cessation help and bill 99406 (Smoking and tobacco use cessation counseling visit; intermediate, greater than 3 minutes up to 10 minutes)?
01/13/2020
The time-based codes for advance care planning (ACP), 99497 and 99498, that debuted in 2016 have witnessed strong utilization and payment increases over the past three years.
01/06/2020

Part B News editors surveyed readers and interviewed experts to come up with 11 predictions of what will affect physician practices in 2020.

01/06/2020

Part B News staff holds ourselves accountable for our predictions every year by sharing with our readers how we fared with last year’s predictions. Here are 2019’s results.

01/06/2020

Many providers anticipate seizing the new chronic care management (CCM) add-on code that’s debuting Jan. 1, 2020, but far fewer plan to dive into the virtual realm of tech-backed E/M services in the new year.

12/30/2019
The latest edition of the National Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) Policy Manual features multiple examples of how to correctly report the series of X modifiers – XE, XS, XP and XU – that CMS debuted several years ago.
12/30/2019
The arrival of a new machine learning-enabled medical transcription service from a division of online retail giant Amazon is further evidence of the growth of that market — and the reasonable rates for the service might appeal to even small practices. 
12/30/2019
Although Medicare prohibits routine waivers of patient copayments, practices can waive a copayment when a patient has a financial hardship or the practice determines the copayment is uncollectible.
12/30/2019
Question: A patient was brought into our practice by her family for treatment of a sprained ankle. We were told she is currently receiving the Part A hospice benefit. Do I need to contact the patient’s hospice provider, interdisciplinary group (IDG) or anyone else for billing purposes? Do I need to add anything to the billing? 

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