CMS is offering you a go-at-your-own-pace alternative to full merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS) participation in 2017 — but experts warn that if you take the slowest route, you’ll wind up worse off.

Think twice before relying on your electronic health record’s (EHR’s) handy copy, cut and paste tools. They can put you in legal hot water.

You were sure to hear a flurry of insights at the 2016 Advanced Specialty Coding, Compliance and Reimbursement Symposium, such as areas auditors will target, opportunities to get paid for billable services and a reminder to stay focused on ICD-10 as it rolls into year number two.

Changes in perception and state laws may open new opportunities for your practices to use nurse practitioners (NPs) for more than incident-to services, such as providing autonomous primary care or increasing the efficiency of your operations.

While the volume of claims billed by primary-care-intensive specialties has been volatile, nurse practitioners’ (NPs’) volume has been growing steadily since 2000.

Smaller practices better start thinking seriously about their survival strategy in the new world because practice consolidation is accelerating, according to a new study.

Replace the G codes you’ve been using to bill for smoking cessation counseling of patients who smoke but are asymptomatic (G0436, G0437) with two CPT codes as of Oct. 1, CMS tells Part B News.

Pay attention to billing restrictions placed on genetic counseling and several percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) codes to stay in compliance with Correct Coding Initiative (CCI) version 22.3 edits, which place new limitations on per-day services.