medical billing and coding
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Medical Billing Services
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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Medical Billing Services
Critical Care Services and Medical Necessity
Critical care services must be medically necessary and reasonable. Services provided that do not meet critical care services or services…
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Primary Health Care
Primary Care First (PCF) and Alternative Payment Models
Primary Care First Model Options is a set of voluntary five-year payment options that reward value and quality by offering…
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Practice Management
POP for Simplifying Documentation Requirements
Patient over Paperwork (PoP) Initiative Through ‘Patients over Paperwork,’ CMS established an internal process to evaluate and streamline regulations with…
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Medical Billing Services
Modifier 50 Fact Sheet
Modifier 50 Modifier 50 applies to bilateral procedures performed on both sides of the body during the same operative session.…
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Practice Administration
Importance of Medical Audit
The medical audit is the systematic, critical analysis of the quality of medical care, including the procedures used for diagnosis…
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General Surgery Billing Services
Global Surgery and Billing Guidelines
The global surgical package, also called global surgery, includes all the necessary services normally furnished by a surgeon before, during,…
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