Executive Order and Garland Memo Breakdown
September 24, 2021 | By Sean Weiss, CHC, CEMA, CMCO, CPMA, CPC-P, CMPE, CPC Sean Weiss, DoctorsManagement Partner and Vice President of Compliance recently sat down with Ronald Chapman…
Onsite or Remote? The NAMAS 13th Annual Auditing Compliance Conference
September 9, 2021 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT Never in our lifetime have we encountered a more controversial subject than the daily buzz we hear…
Revisiting Telehealth Billing Guidelines for CMS in the Era of COVID
June 18, 2021 | By Bryan Meek, Esq., Brennan, Manna, and Diamond The pandemic has undisputedly changed the way in which Americans live their daily lives, including how they…
Feds Moving Quickly Into Recoupment Audit Mode
May 7, 2021 | By Frank Cohen, Director of Analytics and Busines Intelligence It looks like the feds are moving quickly into recoupment audit mode in regards to telehealth…
COVID-19 Vaccine Coding
November 20, 2020 | By Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CMRS, CMCS COVID-19 has been disrupting the healthcare environment for over a year now. Massive changes…
COVID-19: Resident Services Under the Medicare Primary Exception
November 27, 2020 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA Auditing evaluation and management (E/M) services furnished by resident physicians under the Medicare Primary Exception (PCE) already required a firm…
Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Testing
November 13, 2020 | By Bryan Meek, Esq., Brennan, Manna, and Diamond As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc globally, routine COVID-19 testing of employees, patients, and the…
Audits Based on PHE Changes Are Coming — Are You Prepared?
October 9, 2020 | Aimee L. Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, Director of Content, innoviHealth If you are an active coder or auditor, you are likely keenly aware…
Compliance Tidbit: How Covered Providers May Contact Patients with COVID About Population-Based Activities
August 7, 2020 | By By Rachel Rose, JD, MBA The Health Information Portability and Accountability Act, Pub. L. 104-191 (Aug. 1996) (“HIPAA”) is often times misapplied. Take the…
Public Health Emergency Set to Expire July 25, 2020
July 23, 2020 | By Sean Weiss, CHC, CEMA, CMCO, CPMA, CPC-P, CMPE, CPC As you all know the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is due to expire on Saturday…