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With everything a physician practice has to keep track of -- the new merit-based incentive payment system (MIPS), ICD-10 code changes, enrollment changes and more -- you might feel overwhelmed. But we've got you covered.

Two Georgia dermatologists will pay nearly $2 million to settle charges that they unnecessarily stretched out simple procedures over several office visits – and billed E/M codes each time.

Physicians overwhelmingly support the critical nature of advance care planning (ACP), yet many providers believe they lack the necessary infrastructure or resources to perform these end-of-life discussions with their patients.

CMS said in an April 13 provider call that to bill advance care planning (ACP) without a preventive service, you need to show the service is “relevant to the patient’s disease state,” which would seem to mean it requires a diagnosis code.

CMS' new FAQs on advance care planning (ACP) contain some clarifications for which providers have been waiting, including guidance on how time should be counted and how frequently the service may be billed.

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