A New Element of MDM: Social Determinants of Health

  March 26, 2021 | By Jamee Black, CPC, COC, CPMA The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released changes to the current Evaluation and Management (E/M) documentation guidelines for the Office and Other Outpatient Visit code range (99202–99215). The new guidelines focus on medical decision making (MDM), and are intended to more closely reflect the…

Shared Visits

July 16, 2021 | By David Glaser   On May 3rd CMS pulled the shared visit language from the Manuals. The government has increasingly recognized that only statutes and regulations can limit Medicare coverage, so when something in the Manuals is not contained in either a federal law or a federal regulation, it is not binding.…