Coding of physician office visits can be very confusing – and is ever-changing. Every year, regulations and guidelines change, and it is difficult for providers to keep up. Most groups have coding ...

Medical school curriculum is heavy in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical rotations or clerkships. There is very little, if any, instruction on proper coding and billing for ...

Congress should enact legislation to require the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to evaluate transitioning to a single modern procedure coding system to eliminate excess costs and lower ...

Revenue cycle management performance has never been more important. And recent advances in technology, particularly artificial intelligence, offer much potential for healthcare's administrative ...

Grady Health System's director of physician revenue cycle shares a framework for creating effective physician coding education programs that improve compliance and performance against quality metrics.

A physician’s most valuable resource is time. Yet today’s reality is sobering: on average, doctors spend over three hours each day on documentation. Most concerning? Much of this labor happens during ...

On July 10, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule that identifies and seeks public comments on a broad array of proposed changes to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) and Medicare Part B payments ...

Provider burnout is a persistent problem in healthcare, and it has only been made worse by the added pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. To address this, software and services company athenahealth has ...

Physicians at Mid-Atlantic Pain Institute in Newark, Del., have reached a higher calling, says Frank J.E. Falco, MD, a physiatrist and medical director of the five-physician practice. Rather than rely ...