In its 2010 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule, CMS eliminated the use of "consultation" codes (CPT 99241-99245) for new patient consultations by specialty physicians. Starting in 2010, practices must bill for these services using regular evaluation and management codes…
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Officials from Wichita, Kan.-based Preferred Health Systems and Bethesda, Md.-based Coventry Health Care answered questions from the Kansas Insurance Department and members of the public at a hearing regarding PHS's possible sale to Coventry, according to the Wichita Business Journal.
CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association.The following advice on Medicare's new consultation codes comes from LuAnn Jenkins, CPC, CEMC, CFPC, a coding and reimbursement consultant who heads…
Here is the average payor mix as a percent of gross chargers for surgery centers by the ASC's total annual revenue, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
A newly proposed amendment to the Senate healthcare reform bill would postpone eliminating Medicare consultation codes that is scheduled for Jan. 1, according to a release from a coalition of the AMA and several specialty groups.
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The American Medical Association has added three new codes and removed two codes from the urodynamics section of the CPT 2010 Book, according to a release from the American Academy of Professional Coders.
The American Medical Association has released corrections to be made to the CPT 2010 Book on its "Errata" Web site.
Editor's Note: This article by Paul Cadorette, director of education for mdStrategies, originally appeared in The Coding Advocate, mdStrategies free monthly newsletter. Sign-up to receive this newsletter by clicking here.CPT copyright 2008 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is…
Coding is a very detail-oriented process; however, certain surgical specialties require more documentation for procedures than others. Pain management, due to a high concentration of workers' compensation and motor vehicle accident cases, is one such specialty that requires extra attention…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida reported that Manatee Hospitals and Health System has informed the insurer that it would terminate contracts for its two hospitals, effective Jan. 1, according to a report by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.