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Smart Move: Know These Top Medicare Denial Reasons AND How to Avoid Them
Let’s put data to work to help prevent denials! CGS is one of the Medicare contractors that provides information on top claim denial reasons, and here we’ll take a look at some denial triggers from August 2018 and how you can prevent them. Check Status Before Reporting Duplicate Service Reporting the exact same service […]
Continue reading...Do You Know the Answers to These Medicare Disaster Relief Questions?
3. October 2018
Because of Hurricane Florence, CMS issued several waivers in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia to help with access to healthcare. Even if you’re not in an affected area, this should be a reminder that disaster prep isn’t just about working in theory. You need to understand it well enough to apply it. Below you’ll […]
Continue reading...Provider Change Practice? Understand 2019 Payments for MIPS 2017 Performance Year
4. September 2018
With 2018 being in its last half, questions are coming up about MIPS payment adjustments in 2019 based on the 2017 performance year. One topic of interest is what happens if a clinician moved from one practice to another. Here is an answer, straight from the CMS Fact Sheet on 2019 MIPS payment adjustments based […]
Continue reading...Top Nuances to Know for the Medicare Card MBI Roll-Out
6. August 2018
Medicare began mailing out new cards in April 2018 to meet the deadline of replacing Social Security numbers/Health Insurance Claim Numbers (HICNs) with Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers (MBIs) by April 2019. Here are some tips you may have missed to help you with the transition. Don’t Use the Dashes! On the new Medicare cards and in […]
Continue reading...Hot Topic: Get the Scoop on Proposed MPFS 2019 Changes to E/M Coding and Payment
3. August 2018
The 2019 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) includes some major potential changes to E/M coding and payment in its 665 pages. Major. Here are the highlights. Just remember that what’s below is proposed and may change before the final rule is implemented. Here’s the Big Payment News About Levels 2-5 Let’s get right to […]
Continue reading...3 Things to Know About Advanced Practice Providers in Your Practice
20. July 2018
Advanced practice providers (APPs), sometimes known as non-physician practitioners (NPPs), are essential members of the healthcare team and serve a lot of roles. But, of course, “essential” doesn’t mean they’re always easy to code for. Make sure you keep these top pointers in mind when you’re completing claims for APPs, such as physician assistants, certified […]
Continue reading...Cataract Claims Double Dipped? These RACs Are Checking
8. June 2018
If you perform cataract removal services in RAC regions 1, 2, or 3, be on alert. Coding and unit errors are under the spotlight. Here’s the scoop. What & Where: Learn the RACs and Regions Involved RACs Cotiviti Healthcare and Performant have both posted the following as approved audit issues: 0083 – Cataract Removal Excessive […]
Continue reading...Prep Time! July 2018 MPFS Updates Bring More Than RVU Changes
1. June 2018
We’re a month away from the July 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) update. These quarterly changes are easy to overlook, but checking any fee schedule update is important. Even if, for some reason, you’re not interested in RVU changes, there may be changes to indicators (like PC/TC) that affect proper reporting. Here are some […]
Continue reading...3 ICD-10-CM Cardiology Coding Tips That Line Up With the Risk-Adjustment Trend
25. May 2018
All the discussions of risk adjustment have put a spotlight on diagnosis coding, and one big way cardiology coders can help is by ensuring they follow the official rules for coding and learn about coding comorbidities, too. Here are some good, old-fashioned rules that will also help ensure your pro-fee cardiology coding follows best practices […]
Continue reading...Find Out Which 4 Codes Are Off the DMEPOS 2018 Prior Authorization Master List
18. May 2018
DMEPOS had a 44 percent improper payment rate according to CERT’s 2017 Medicare FFS report. That’s high. Really high. So anyone submitting claims that fall under DMEPOS needs to be up on all the rules. One important area to watch is Medicare’s Master List of which codes require prior authorization. The recent annual update posted […]
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10. October 2018
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