May 24, 2024 | By: Lindsey Chatelain, CPC, CRC If you have ever been the subject of a payer audit, you know it can be daunting. Not only does it delay payment and increase the number of records requests your staff has to process, but getting off the audit is also difficult. It is achieved only…
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May 10, 2024 | By: LaDonna D. Brown CPC, CPMA, CEMA When I was asked if I would like to be a contributor to NAMAS May articles, my first thought was absolutely. This is particularly timely as May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a crucial period for coders and auditors to reflect on the importance…
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May 3, 2024 | By J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC Primary care providers are increasingly becoming gatekeepers to mental and behavioral health care. This is due partly to increased awareness in the medical field of the overall health effects brought about by mental illness, as well as the addition of CPT codes for reimbursement that…
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Updated 02-09-2024 | By: Terry A. Fletcher BS, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMSCS, ACS-CA, SCP-CA, QMGC, QMCRC, QMPM As we all know the PHE, public health emergency, ended on May 11th, 2023, but the confusion on how to report Telehealth services continues to live on. When Medicare published their Final Rule last November…
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April 26, 2024 | Sean M. Weiss, CHC, CEMA, CMCO, CPMA, CPC-P, CMPE, CPC The perennial inquiry into the scope of services that nurses and ancillary support staff may offer under physician supervision remains a frequent topic of discussion. Furthermore, I frequently encounter situations where the concept of “incident-to” care is central to the controversy.…
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