The ICD-10 delay, officially signed into law, has elicited mixed reactions from healthcare stakeholders, ranging from relief to outrage. A significant number of providers have welcomed the extra time, but is there still a downside to the delay?
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Where were the most common places of employment for medical coders in 2013? Here are 12 statistics on coder workplace last year, according to the AAPC 2013 Salary Survey.
By April 18, all healthcare organizations and providers interested in piloting a bundled payment program must submit an application to CMS.
Career Step has announced it will offer new ICD-10 training courses at the American Academy of Professional Coders National Conference to be held April 13 to 16.
Epazz, a cloud-based business software solutions providers, announced that is has signed a letter of intent for the acquisition of a medical billing software in the western United States.
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The American Medical Association 2014 CPT Code set, now being used to file all claims, includes more than 300 changes. Of these changes, 84 affect the field of gastroenterology: 17 deleted codes, 26 new codes and 41 revised codes.
On April 9, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services released payment data of $77 billion paid to more than 880,000 physicians and providers in 2012. Here are the 15 specialties that received the highest payments and the average amount…
President Barack Obama signed the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 into law on April 1, effectively delaying ICD-10 by one year. But, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has yet to issue a response to the delay,…
Precyse/HealthStream has partnered with Availity, a healthcare information network, to provide ICD-10 education for physician offices and the ambulatory market.
PMIC, an independent publisher of medical coding and compliance books, announced the release of ICD-9-CM 2015.