How Are the 2026 Medicare RVU Adjustments Reducing Neurology Reimbursement?

How the 2026 Medicare RVU Adjustments Are Reducing Neurology Reimbursement Per Encounter

The 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) RVU adjustments are directly reducing per-encounter neurology reimbursement — with the budget-neutrality conversion factor cut translating to $8 to $22 in lost revenue per high-complexity office visit and compounding into $90,000 to $240,000 in per-physician annual shortfall for practices that have not restructured their Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) […]

Mid-Year Billing Cleanup: What Needs to Be Fixed Before Q3?

A Mid-Year Billing Cleanup is a structured audit of your revenue cycle performed at the halfway point of the year to fix claim errors, reconcile unapplied payments, and stop revenue leakage before Q3 makes it worse. For physician groups and specialty practices, completing this review in June — not December — is what separates practices […]

Which RCM Companies Best Serve Family Practice Billing in 2026?

The RCM company best suited for family practice billing in 2026 is one with demonstrable depth in high-volume E/M coding, chronic disease management billing, and preventive care split-visit capture — not just a billing vendor that lists “primary care” among dozens of specialties on a service page. Family practice generates some of the highest claim […]

Are Telehealth Billing Services Protecting You From 2026 Payer Denial Surges?

Yes — and the stakes have never been higher. Professional Telehealth Billing Services are your primary defense against a 2026 payer environment where initial denial rates have hit 11.8% industrywide. If your practice is billing virtual care without a dedicated revenue integrity partner reviewing modifier accuracy, Place of Service codes, and documentation completeness — you […]

Are Silent Underpayments Replacing Denials in Ophthalmology Billing?

Yes — and it is costing eye care practices far more than they realize. Denials in ophthalmology billing have traditionally meant a hard rejection with a clear reason code. But in 2025–2026, a more dangerous pattern has taken over: payers are processing claims at reduced rates — or silently bundling services — without issuing a […]

How AI-Driven Payer Audits Are Changing Primary Care Billing

AI-driven payer audits are fundamentally changing primary care billing by replacing human reviewers with machine learning systems that flag documentation gaps, E/M frequency outliers, and modifier patterns across 12–36 months of claims — triggering prepayment suspensions and retrospective overpayment demands at practices with no prior audit history. The Audit That Arrives Without Warning For years, […]

Well Woman Exam CPT Codes 2026: Complete Guide for OBGYN Billing (With Pap & Without)

The correct well woman exam CPT codes 2026 depend on patient age, whether a Pap smear is collected, and payer type. Established patients aged 18–39 bill CPT 99385/99395 (new/established); Pap collection adds G0123 or G0101 for Medicare. Mixing preventive and problem-focused E/M in the same encounter requires Modifier 25 and precise documentation to avoid denial. […]

Are Cardiology Billing CPT Codes 2026 Causing Denials?

Yes — Cardiology Billing CPT Codes 2026 are directly causing claim denials right now, and if your practice has not restructured its billing logic, you are losing real money on every affected claim. The AMA made sweeping structural changes this year — not minor tweaks — including the deletion of an entire revascularization code series […]

Hypertension ICD-10 Codes: A Complete Guide for Medical Billing

Hypertension ICD-10 coding is one of the most critical — and most common — tasks in medical billing and coding. With nearly half of American adults diagnosed with high blood pressure, accurate documentation and code selection directly impact your practice’s revenue cycle management and claim reimbursement rates. At Medical Billers and Coders (MBC), we have […]

Joint Replacement Prior Auth Denials: What Orthopedic Groups Miss

Joint replacement prior auth denials are costing orthopedic groups far more than they realize. A single denied CPT 27447 (total knee arthroplasty) puts $11,400 or more in at-risk revenue. Multiply that across even a modest surgical volume, and the annual loss becomes a CFO-level problem, not a billing office inconvenience. Medicare Advantage plans denied 7.4% […]

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