Part B News
12/07/2015
Good news for providers who didn’t make the Nov. 23 deadline to file an informal review request: You now have until Dec. 16 to file.
12/07/2015
by: Stark Medical Audit and Consulting
Four auditing case studies provide insight on howt you can optimize your practice's billing and account receivable operations.
12/07/2015
If you’re like most physician practices, you’re taking a modest but perceptible hit to productivity – with few staff unscathed – due to the Oct. 1 transition to ICD-10.
11/23/2015

Take the leap into a patient-centered medical home (PCMH) to gain new payment opportunities, but don’t jump in before you’ve conducted important preliminary steps, such as carefully preparing for payer negotiations.

11/23/2015

An expanding pilot program could give you more opportunity to skip the wait for an administrative law judge (ALJ) to decide your appeals’ fate.

11/23/2015

Watch for warning signs that your possible overcoding pattern may get escalated from a Medicare administrative contractor (MAC) to the Department of Justice (DOJ) — and, if it looks like it will, take steps to beat the feds to the punch.

11/23/2015

Prevent delays in your appeal being heard by an administrative law judge (ALJ) with these strategies.

11/23/2015

Can I bill an annual wellness visit (AWV) and a preventive physical exam on the same day — G0438 with 99397, for example — and get them both paid by Medicare?

11/23/2015

In 2016, the most striking change in “combined impact” is for radiation therapy centers, for which allowed charges had been estimated to increase in 2015 by 10% but will be reduced by 1% in 2016.

11/16/2015
If a provider has a religious or moral objection to performing the new advance care planning (ACP) service, his or her conscience rights must be respected — but make sure the patient has an alternative.

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