The doctors’ association is blowing up the U.S.’ decades-old coding system for recording pregnancy services and starting fresh next year, bowing to calls from OB-GYNs and other maternity specialists.
The main difference between MedPAC and CMS estimates of uncorrected coding intensity is that MedPAC’s estimate accounts for the upward trend in coding intensity.
UNC Health unveils rare disease coding tool integrating Mondo codes into Epic to improve diagnosis and care across 20 hospitals and 900 clinics.
Health care prices are on the rise, and patients are flummoxed that even insurance companies aren’t doing more to control costs.
In response to the report, CMS concluded that dermatologists are complying with modifier 25 coding rules and the agency will not impose any additional regulations in this area.
A new JAMA study shows that a new Medicare billing code may have benefited specialists more than the primary care physicians it was designed to help most.
There has been a marked increase in the prevalence of diabetes in Asia, including China, over the last few decades. While the increased prevalence of diabetes has often been attributed to the ...