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01/08/2024
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued two resources in October to help explain to patients the privacy and security risks associated with telehealth services, as related to personal health information (PHI).
01/08/2024
Physicians who routinely set up a cardiac rhythm monitoring system for remote evaluations will be pleased with a financial boon for their effort in 2024. The payments for two specific cardiac rhythm monitoring codes, 93297 and 93298, are on track to rise 130% and 283%, respectively.
01/01/2024
by: AMA
01/01/2024
Welcome to our annual predictions issue, where Part B News casts a forward eye to project the defining events of 2024 and the critical impact they might have on medical groups. After checking in with industry insiders, polling our readers and weighing the latest announcements from federal agencies, Part B News compiled seven predictions touching on compliance-based clawbacks, new billing opportunities, telehealth movement and more.
01/01/2024
In our annual predictions issue, Part B News looks back on how well we fared calling shots during the previous calendar year. Heading into 2023, we assessed the future of Medicare reimbursement, the end of the public health emergency, behavioral health care growth and more. Here is an uninhibited look at how we fared.
01/01/2024
The new year is delivering a batch of fresh billing opportunities for medical groups, and many practices say they will take advantage of an E/M add-on code and an assessment service capturing patients’ social determinants of health.
01/01/2024
Here are the 2024 predictions we didn't have room for in the issue -- but we still stand by them! 
01/01/2024
by: Correct Coding Initiative
12/18/2023
As CMS rolls out new standards for audits of Medicare Advantage organizations (MAO), providers who contract with those organizations may expect them to audit more aggressively — and also worry that the MAOs could be looking to stick them with the responsibility for government takebacks. Experts advise that practices cooperate as the regulations and their contracts require; but make sure you know your rights and take steps to protect them.
12/18/2023
Despite what you might think at first glance, the latest National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) update isn’t missing any codes. CMS did not include new procedure-to-procedure (PTP) edits or medically unlikely edits (MUE) for codes that will go into effect in 2024 in the Jan. 1, 2024, NCCI update. That means your practice can focus on implementing the new codes and guidelines without worrying about bundling edits.

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