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January 21st, 2021
Looking Beyond an Employee's Coding Credentials
| Published January 21st, 2021
In today's ever-changing healthcare environment, it is important that organizations hire coding and reimbursement personnel who enjoy learning. Each year changes are made in how healthcare services are coded and reported from federal and state laws, the code sets themselves, and varying payer policies. During the public health emergency (PHE) ...
January 19th, 2021
AMA Announcement of Additional COVID Vaccine Codes and Guideline Changes in December
| Published January 15th, 2021 - Last Review/Update January 19th, 2021
On Friday, December 17, 2020, the AMA announced several changes in relation to the addition of new codes for the COVID-19 vaccine under development by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford. Codes 91302, 0021A, and 0022A were published on the AMA website and will be effective once they have received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA.
January 11th, 2021
ICD-10 Code Updates for January 1st
| Published January 11th, 2021
Be aware that new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS codes took effect on January 1, 2021. Rarely have ICD-10-CM codes been released in January, but as you may have guessed, these changes are in relation to COVID-19. The information in this article will help your organization understand these changes.
January 11th, 2021
HIPAA Penalty Changes
| Published January 11th, 2021
On January 5, 2021, H.R. 7898 was signed into law by President Trump. This new law modifies the HITECH Act such that when an organization experiences a breach, fines and/or penalties may be reduced if (for at least a year) they have instituted “recognized security practices” as defined within the law.
January 11th, 2021
Instructions for Looking up IOM References in innoviHealth's HCPCS Publication
| Published January 11th, 2021
These instructions help owners of innoviHealth's HCPCS Coding for 2021 book access the references to Medicare's Internet-only Manuals (IOMs) which are copies of official program instructions, policies, and procedures that are based on statutes, regulations, guidelines, models, and directives.
January 11th, 2021
Good and Bad News Regarding the 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
| Published January 11th, 2021
When the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule came out last year, it really got everyone worried. In a time where we are all facing issues related to COVID, this seemed like a really big problem. Professional organizations lobbied and everyone tried to stop the proposed changes, and the 10.2% decrease didn’t happen, but other changes will still be taking place. So how bad is it really and how will it affect your organization?
January 7th, 2021
CMS Reduces the Exchange User Fee to Support Lower Premiums for the Consumer
| Published January 7th, 2021
It has been no secret that Americans have been complaining about the high cost of health plans since implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed and in many states are equal to or exceed the cost of their rent or mortgage payments. As such, most ...
January 5th, 2021
CMS Final Rule Changes E/M Reporting Guidelines
| Published January 5th, 2021
Just when we thought we had figured out Evaluation and Management (E/M) reporting for 2021, CMS released their final rule and now we will need to make some adjustments. While CMS stated that they were adopting the AMA guidelines for E/M office or other outpatient services, they did make a few changes.
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