Mar 18, 2020 | News, Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
This information was updated March 16, 2020 The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued supplemental medical coding guidelines for encounters and telehealth screenings related to the COVID-19 Coronavirus. These codes are to be used in conjunction...
Mar 18, 2020 | News, Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
Starting March 6, 2020, and for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare has expanded payment for telehealth services under the 1135 waiver authority and Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. Doctors, nurse practitioners,...
Feb 21, 2020 | Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
Providing outstanding medical services is at the very heart of your mission and vision. However, actually treating patients is just one part of running a new medical practice. The rest is business “stuff” that takes up a lot of time, and can quite frankly be...
Feb 11, 2020 | Medical Credentialing, Revenue Cycle Management Solutions
Hospital administrators, physicians, and members of every healthcare office billing department know that if their practice or hospital provides services to Medicare patients, they must be prepared to possibly receive a request to be audited from the Medicare Parts C...
Feb 11, 2020 | MACRA Solutions
In April 2015, Congress eliminated the SGR (Sustainable Growth Rate) — the formula used to calculate Medicare payments to healthcare providers. In its vacancy came the newly proposed Quality Payment Program and MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of...