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02/14/2013

You’ve been able to bill CMS’ new transitional care management (TCM) codes, 99495-99496, for nearly two months. Make sure your claims get paid right the first time by listing the correct date of service and heeding other unreleased CMS billing guidance from an exclusive Part B News interview with the agency.

 
02/14/2013

A recent court decision to throw out a doctor’s well-publicized defamation case raises the question: What’s the best way to deal with negative online comments about your practice?

 
02/14/2013

Physician practices can use a new free service to store data for one-stop electronic funds transfer (EFT) enrollments with private payers, thanks to the service from CAQH (formerly known as the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare).

 
02/14/2013

Practices may be tempted to charge administrative fees to patients as reimbursements for providing services dwindle, but be careful. Those fees could cost you in the long run.

 
02/14/2013

After reading our coverage of the HIPAA “mega-rule," a reader asked us: Should landlords be considered business associates under HIPAA and be made to fill out a business associate agreement? 

 
02/14/2013

Don’t wait until your patients present with symptoms to perform a screening colonoscopy rather than a diagnostic. Even though both the preventive services and diagnostic procedures pay the same, the former removes patient financial responsibility and causes less hassle for your front desk.

 
02/14/2013

This table and chart depict billing and denial trends for colon cancer screening and diagnostic services from 2010 to 2011. Denial rates overall remained low, less than 10%, and diagnostic colonoscopies were by far the top-billed services for both years followed by fecal occult screenings (G0328).

 

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