New This Month (October 2016)

What's new? 

Article  Auditing Same Day Psychotherapy and E&M Services: The Time Trap

Article  Sedation used on a Dental Patient for a medical procedure

Article  Using Physical Status Modifiers with Anesthesia Codes

Article  Another OIG Report on Chiropractic

Article  Think Outside the Box When Auditing Physical Exams

Article  First Listed Diagnosis and Episode of Care

Article  CMS Finalizes the New Medicare Quality Payment Program

Article  Injections and Infusions

Article  Q/A: Are You Liable When a Business Associate Has a Data Breach?

Article  How to Handle Billing for a Patient With Multiple Plans

Article  Is Your Practice in Need of a Wellness Visit?

Article  Advanced Life Support Ambulance Services: Insufficient Documentation

Article  You can charge for Advanced Care Planning (ACP)

Article  Shift Your Focus: The New Generation of Dental Billing

Article  Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty and Blepharoptosis Repair

Article  Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty and Blepharoptosis Repair (update eff 10/01/2017)

Article  Q/A: When should we update Box 14 on the claim form?

Article  Common UB-04 Codes for Behavioral Health Services

More Items in October 2016

• Oct 31, 2016 - By Christine Taxin
  Increase Pay-up by Successfully Appealing Claim Denials
• Oct 26, 2016 - By CMS.gov
  ***COUNTDOWN TO OPEN ENROLLMENT *** More Than 70 Percent of Consumers Can Find Marketplace Plans for Less than $75 Per Month
• Oct 25, 2016
  Average premiums for popular ACA plans rising 25 percent
• Oct 25, 2016 - By CMS.gov
  CMS announces additional opportunities for clinicians to join innovative care approaches under the Quality Payment Program
• Oct 25, 2016 - By Christine Taxin
  New State Law Requires Facilities Performing CT to be Accredited
• Oct 24, 2016
  Find-A-Code Partners with Health Navigator to improve search results
• Oct 14, 2016 - By CMS.gov
  CMS NEWS: MACRA Quality Payment Program Final Rule (CMS-5517-F)
• Oct 12, 2016 - By NAMAS - Valora S. Gurganious, MBA, CHBC
  Is Your Practice in Need of a Wellness Visit?
• Oct 07, 2016 - By Dr Evan Gwilliam
  ICD-10-CM Updates for the Auditor, a NAMAS webinar
• Oct 07, 2016 - By Christine Taxin
  Dental Office Screening is The Future
• Oct 07, 2016
  ICD-10: 2017 Updates Infographic
• Oct 04, 2016
  New Codes For Smoking And Tobacco Use Cessation Counseling Visit
• Oct 03, 2016
  2017 ICD-10 Updates are Online
• Oct 03, 2016
  2017 Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) Negative Payment Adjustment Notification

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