What You Need to Know About Prolonged Services in 2021
December 25, 2020 | By By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA The New Year is nearly upon us and with it, implementation of the much-talked-about 2021 E/M guidelines for office/outpatient…
After the Fire: Consideration of Risk-Based Contracts Post-COVID-19
December 18, 2020 | By Paul Spencer, CPC, COC “Risk adjustment,” as defined by CMS, is a method by which Medicare Advantage plans are compensated for demonstrating that the…
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!
December 11, 2020 | By Pam Vanderbilt, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CEMC, CEMA, CEMA-O There is a long-standing rule in our family that Christmas is not allowed to start…
Finally: CMS releases 2021 final rule; no major surprises seen
December 15, 2020 | By By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA At long last, CMS has published its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, and while some of the…
Performing a Gap Analysis
December 4, 2020 | By Sean Weiss, CHC, CEMA, CMCO, CPMA, CPC-P, CMPE, CPC Last month, Paul Spencer, Senior Compliance Consultant of DoctorsManagement (DM) and I had the privilege of…