Hospital charges for services like emergency department visits and initial hospital care continue to grow faster than other types of care, according to a new study. Hospitals boosted their median ...

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Most physicians who use electronic health record systems use them to code evaluation and management (E/M) services. However, they aren't bothering with the automatic coding feature in their EHR to do ...

The business of a medical oncology/hematology practice includes several important service lines. By far the most important part of the hematology and pure medical oncology practice is the evaluation ...

The latest audit from the HHS’ Office of Inspector General comes as some Medicare flexibilities for telehealth are set to expire at the end of this year. Telehealth utilization soared during the early ...

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Documentation coding errors related to routine patient evaluation and management (E/M) visits are costing the Medicare program billions of dollars in improper payments a year — nearly $7 billion alone ...

> About 200 hospital leaders are fighting the proposed Medicare cuts to evaluation and management services in hospital outpatient departments, according to AHA News Now. They warn that cutting E/M ...

In a letter to CMS this week, the American College of Rheumatology renewed its call to repeal the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule that would reduce physician reimbursement for ...

The second change practices need to make to is to appropriately code for services at a higher level. The complexity of decision-making has been increasing as physicians take into account symptom ...