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Light broke on hospital providers as CMS relented on payment cuts tied to the controversial two-midnight rule.
Physicians overwhelmingly support the critical nature of advance care planning (ACP), yet many providers believe they lack the necessary infrastructure or resources to perform these end-of-life discussions with their patients.

A law enforcement warrant overrides HIPAA when it comes to the seizure of protected health information (PHI) -- but what about a legislative subpoena? That's being asked in Missouri, where lawmakers are trying to access patient records -- but two Part B News experts think they don't have a case.

CMS said in an April 13 provider call that to bill advance care planning (ACP) without a preventive service, you need to show the service is “relevant to the patient’s disease state,” which would seem to mean it requires a diagnosis code.

A report live from this year's AAPC HealthCon shows some payers are accepting X modifiers in place of modifier 59 and more.

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