There is always a lot of discussion in the health care industry about the need for “certified” coders and the potential benefits to health care entities that employ individuals who are credentialed in various aspects of coding, billing and compliance.
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One of the big items of discussion this year are the upcoming changes to Evaluation & Management (E/M) coding documentation and reimbursement. All radiology practices should be evaluating their practices’ patterns to determine if the new changes could yield new opportunities to bill for outpatient patient visits.
By Melody Mulaik The testing period for Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) implementation is almost over – well not quite. While there…
By Melody Mulaik Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear medicine study that creates cross-sectional tomographic (3D) images of the metabolic…
By Melody Mulaik Sweeping changes are coming for Evaluation & Management (E/M) guidelines in 2021 and this is causing many…
By Melody Mulaik A duplex scan is a type of ultrasound exam designed to evaluate the pattern and direction of…
By Melody Mulaik We discussed some crazy new 2020 edits in a previous column and, fortunately, the Centers for Medicare and…
By Melody Mulaik Non-physician practitioners (NPPs), such as physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) may be able to perform and…
By Melody Mulaik Several edits were implemented January 1, 2020 which have caused many radiology providers angst with unexpected denials. The…
By Melody Mulaik While the 3D procedures codes 76376 and 76377 have existed for a number of years, questions still arise…
