medical billing and coding
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Ambulance Transportation Billing Services
New Payment Model for Ambulance Services: ET3
The Department of Health and Human Services had launched a new payment model for ambulance services that federal officials believe…
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Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Basics of Medicare Payment for Ambulatory Surgical Services (ASCs)
Medicare covers surgical procedures provided in freestanding or hospital-operated ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs). In January 2008, Medicare began paying for…
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EMR / EHR / Health IT
HIPAA Compliance for Optometry
Running a successful practice in today’s competitive eye care industry requires you to be up to date and aware of…
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Ambulance Transportation Billing Services
Ground Ambulance Transports Coverage Requirements
All of these coverage requirements apply to ground ambulance transports: The Transport Is Medically Reasonable and Necessary A medically reasonable…
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Cardiology Billing Services
Documentation Guidelines for Cardiology
Specifying anatomical location and laterality required by ICD-10 is easier than you think. This detail reflects how physicians and clinicians…
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Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Ambulatory Surgical Center Terminated Procedures
The following guidance determines the appropriate ambulatory surgical center (ASC) facility payment for a scheduled surgical procedure that is terminated…
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Cardiology Billing Services
Cardiology Coding Updates: 2019
Since 2016 when ICD-10 became the official code set for the United States we saw several changes to cardiovascular diagnosis…
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