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You have a new payment opportunity in 2016 if you’re an eye doctor, but it’s not all good news – a number of codes involving retinal surgery will see significant pay cuts Jan 1.
Avoid misusing surgical terms for stents and catheters or you might find that your patient reports don’t match up with the latest CPT terminology.

Did you get word from CMS that you flunked your PQRS and value modifer reporting and have to pay the 2% penalty? You have until Monday to try and get a reprieve.

You don't have to be a doctor or even in the health care business to commit health care fraud. A judge court just sentenced an Orchard Park, N.Y., gym owner to three years probation and 100 hours of community service for defrauding private insurers for fake fitness sessions -- including a couple allegedly attended by dead people.

Medicare will press ahead with a new bundled payment policy for lower extremity joint replacements next year, CMS announced in a final rule issued Nov. 16.

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