October 13, 2023 | By J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC Way back in 1976, as an elementary school kid in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I came across a book in the library called 2010: Living in the Future. In my then-current world of AMC Pacers and seersucker suits, the book promised great things. Apparently,…
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…
September 29, 2023 | By Grant Huang, CPMA, CPC If you’ve never heard of principal care management (PCM) or chronic care management (CCM) services before, you’re not alone. Medicare introduced these new benefits for Part B beneficiaries in 2021 and 2022, respectively, but the agency’s own utilization data shows that adoption has been fairly…
September 22, 2023 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT Let’s get uncomfortably honest. With continued reimbursement cuts, like this year’s $9-12k per provider E/M cut, organizations cannot sustain 100% coding validation. Now, let’s get brutally honest. This is compounded by a lack of truly skilled and knowledgeable coders looking to fill the…
August 18, 2023 | By Terry A. Fletcher BS, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMSCS, ACS-CA, SCP-CA, QMGC, QMCRC, QMPM | Terry Fletcher Consulting, Inc. | Healthcare Coding and Reimbursement Consultant, Educator and Auditor | Podcast Host, CodeCast®, NSCHBC Edge Podcast, #TerryTuesday TCG Podcast | NAMAS Educational Speaker and Writer As we all know the…