The COVID-19 pandemic has altered people’s lives in many ways. This year, we covered almost all COVID-19 related medical billing and coding topics and have seen huge page views for related blogs. As we are heading to 2021, we are sharing our top 10 most popular and...
Legislation passed in 2014 allowed military veterans with access to physicians outside Veteran Administration (VA) facilities, including community based family practitioners. Family physicians who...
Medical billing and coding changes happen every year. With the change in U.S. presidency from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, big changes are expected in the healthcare industry this year. According...
For medical practices, insurance verification means knowing about their patients’ coverage in order to be able to bill for the services provided to them. For consumers, the current concern is how...
With the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) proposing several new Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measures in 2017, payers and physicians need to focus...
A complex process, discharging patients from the hospital comes with many challenges, including liability risks. Nurse-led discharge, however, has gained wide acceptance in many developed countries...
Medical coding services provide a great assistance for physicians dealing with complex psychic disorders. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is one of the most common childhood...
The Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program is conducted under the direction of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to measure improper payment in the Medicare...
As per a new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), new cases of diabetes are on the decline. If the number of new cases of diabetes among the US population aged 18...
Hip and knee replacements are considered to be the most common surgeries among Medicare beneficiaries and hence very significant in orthopedic medical billing. Even though there are some incentives...
Computed Tomography (CT) scans and services are crucial when it comes to radiology billing for Medicare. During the 2014 reporting period for the Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) program, it...