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Doing telehealth from home? If you’re zoned out, take steps to fix it

06/12/2023

Because of an expected new enrollment requirement, providers doing “telehealth from home” (TFH) may want to check their local zoning ordinances before setting up shop.

Capture correct level of risk for Rx management, parenteral controlled substances

06/12/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

Help your team assign the risk of complications and/or morbidity or mortality of patient management based on prescription (Rx) drug management or parenteral controlled substances when you report E/M services.

New health app rule would better protect users – and so can you

06/12/2023

by: Roy Edroso

Now is a good time to inform your patients that the health apps they use, which you may have prescribed or recommended, have different privacy protections than those afforded by HIPAA. However, take note of a new rule proposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); if finalized, your patients will have a better chance of finding out when their data has been compromised, and malefactors will have specific penalties to worry about.

As gun laws loosen, prepare for possibly armed patients

06/12/2023

by: Roy Edroso

As gun laws grow more permissive across the country, consider the possibility that patients will show up to your office armed. Experts advise that you prepare with policies, intake procedures and a plan for untoward events.

PCP notification, not permission, is required for extended ESI treatments

06/12/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

Question: We were told that we need to contact the patient’s primary care provider (PCP) before we perform epidural steroid injections (ESI) for Medicare patients. It’s hard to get the PCPs’ authorization for the injections. Where can we find proof that we need a PCP’s permission?

CMS releases HCPCS Level II codes for new products, live July 1

06/12/2023

by: Savannah Schmidt

CMS published its first quarter 2023 HCPCS Application Summaries and Coding Recommendations as part of its April 27 publication of MLN Connects.

After changes, FNA with ultrasound, tangential biopsy dominated

06/12/2023

by: Julia Kyles, CPC

The codes for fine needle aspiration (FNA) and biopsy of skin lesions received a major update in the 2019 CPT manual. The update revised FNA code 10021 to become a primary code for a new add-on code and replaced three outgoing codes with 16 new codes.

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