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Billing for E/M services susceptible to Medicare fraud
Billing for evaluation and management services are vulnerable to fraud and abuse, with Medicare payments for E/M services jumping 48 percent, from $22.7 billion to $33.5 billion in a decade, the
Physicians scrutinized over too many high-level codes
When it comes to coding, accuracy is the name of the game. Particularly with evaluation and management (E/M) codes, you don't want to leave well-deserved reimbursement on the table by undercoding, as
Selling practices to hospitals can hurt profits
Despite the trend, selling your practice to a hospital isn't a surefire way to increase profits. To the contrary, physicians who give up control to hospitals may see their incomes drop, especially if
Panel: ICD-10 issues don't stop after the conversion
An increased need for training and lack of communication with IT vendors are among the biggest ICD-10 hang-ups, according to a panel of experts who spoke in Maine last Friday, reports Government
Computer-assisted coding a boon for hospitals during ICD-10 switch
Hospital officials that are well along in their planning for the ICD-10 switchover expect a loss of productivity when they move to the more complex diagnostic coding system, said panelists in a "town
Power outages, coding issues for hospitals left in Irene's wake
While many hospitals were evacuated over the weekend in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irene, that didn't prevent facilities up and down the East Coast from having their share of IT-related
Smoking cessation: How to code for reimbursement
Finally, there's some good news about smoking--cessation, that is. According to a recent piece in American Medical News, providers who spend more than three minutes in a patient encounter, providing
Providers should protect patients from bogus medical debt
A lot of exciting news has come out of HIMSS in Orlando this week. And while I highly encourage you to stay up to speed on the latest and greatest in health information management via Fierce's
Medical necessity not just a 'hospital thing'
Even though the majority of diagnostic tests and treatments ordered by physicians are performed and billed by someone else, physicians' perception of medical necessity "being a hospital thing only"
HCA makes more than $75M with ED coding procedure
Coding is one of those dismal sciences that makes a big impact, but isn't exactly the sexiest part of a hospital's operations. This time around, however, the coding geeks had their day. Hospital
