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New Patient vs Established Patient E/M Codes
New patient visits used to be easy to distinguish from those with established patients. A new patient was someone you…
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Medical Record Documentation for E/M Services
Medical record documentation is required to record pertinent facts, findings, and observations about an individual’s health history including past and…
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Appropriate Use Criteria Program
Background The Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA) of 2014, Section 218(b), established a new program to increase the rate…
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Medical Coding for Group Visits
Many physicians are interested in providing group medical visits. Whether the drop-in group medical appointment (DIGMA), chronic care health clinic…
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Understanding Medicare’s Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Limitation
By law, Medicare payment for outpatient mental health services is limited to 62.5 percent of covered expenses incurred in any…
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How to Fill SNFABN (Skilled Nursing Facility Advanced Beneficiary Notice of Non-coverage)
The SNFABN provides information to the beneficiary so that he can decide whether or not to get the care that…
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Ostomy Documentation Tips
For the 2018 reporting period, insufficient documentation accounted for 81.6 percent of improper payments for ostomy supplies. Additional types of…
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