DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2013 Issue 5 (May)

Benchmark of the Week: Upper level E/M visits see huge utilization gains over 5 years, 2007-2011

Even though denial rates for new and established patient E/M services remained stable since 2007 — even dipping slightly in 2011 — the rate at which providers have been billing level 4 and level 5 new and established patient E/Ms has grown tremendously, according to Part B News’ analysis of CMS claims data.

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