Auditing Critical Care Services
January 15, 2021 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT CMS defines critical care as “the direct delivery by a physician(s) of medical care for a critically ill or…
Better late than never: Stimulus bill salves pain of conversion factor cut, also delays G2211
January 7, 2021 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA The 2021 Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) had included the largest one-year reduction to the Medicare conversion factor (CF) in more than…
Changes to Stark May Require Tweaks to the Physician Compensation Formula
January 8, 2021 | By David Glaser In early December, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new rules that dramatically revise the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly…
The SOAP Note Revisited in 2021
January 1, 2021 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT While conducting a 2021 E&M Physician Training event for a client, like right in the middle of the…