November 17, 2023 | By Amanda Waesch This past September 2023, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) issued Advisory Opinion 23-06 (AO).1 The Opinion involved a proposed arrangement between an independent pathology laboratory and third-party physician laboratories for the purchase of the technical component of…
November 3, 2023 | By Sonal Patel, BA, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICDCM Fresh insights from the American Medical Association (AMA) are always welcome when it comes to medical coding policy. Although they have provided previous guidance on the appropriate use of modifier -25, the AMA’s Smart Brief on August 17, 2023, also provides…
Have you seen the new free NAMAS E&M Mind Map download? The idea behind the Mind Map is that sometimes it’s easier to process and understand things through visual downloads. We envision this as being something that you, as an auditor or coder, may find value in, but also for educating providers, it’s easy to…
October 27, 2023 | By Rachel Rose, JD, MBA “Do not go gentle into that good night” is a poem by Dylan Thomas. While this poem is often connected with a dying individual, it is equally apropos to procuring technology which includes generative artificial intelligence (“AI”). As set forth in the American National Standard…
October 3, 2023 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT Have you seen the new AMA Smart Brief on Modifier 25 that was released on August 17th? That’s what I want to talk to you about today. I want to break down the information because I specifically noticed there is a stark…