DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2013 Issue 9 (September)
New data: High-level E/Ms still growing, more new patient visits billed
CMS’ 2012 E/M utilization and denial numbers are out. They show that utilization is still climbing, though not as much as in the previous year, and new patient codes are growing faster than established patient codes. But billing higher-level E/Ms comes with new risks — after a long decline, denial rates are rising again, and certain popular coding gambits may draw the scrutiny of CMS.
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