A provision in the 2005 tax bill will require the Internal Revenue Service to begin withholding 3 percent of Medicare payments to healthcare providers as early as 2012, according to a report by American Medical News.
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Over the past few years, many healthcare facilities have taken a page from manufacturing to make processes more efficient. For surgery centers, one area that is often affected by inefficient processes is billing and collections. Time lost in collections often…
A new report, Recommended Actions to Improve External-Cause-of-Injury Coding in State-Based Hospital Discharge and Emergency Department Data Systems, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control outlines potential collaborative steps for the CDC…
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CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.Mary LeGrand, RN, MA-CCS-P, CPC, a consultant with KarenZupko & Associates in Chicago, discusses the following three orthopedic coding challenges. 1. Coding…
CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Mary LeGrand, RN, MA-CCS-P, CPC, a consultant with KarenZupko & Associates in Chicago, is a widely recognized expert in coding for…
Physicians are paid less today for many common spine procedures than they were in 2000, according to the blog of Jeffrey Binder, president and CEO of Biomet, which makes spine surgery devices.
A class-action lawsuit alleging that the Florida violated Medicaid requirements, resulting in thousands of children receiving inadequate medical and dental care, according to a report by the Associated Press.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Boston-based Caritas Christi Health Care have signed a five-year contract that would pay hospitals on a global payment system opposed to the current fee-for-service system, according to a report in the Boston Globe.