by Betty A. Hovey | May 10, 2023 | Article
What Are They, and What Do We Do With Them? CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid) is always implementing various programs and initiatives aimed at reducing fraud, waste, and abuse. One such initiative is Comparative Billing Reports (CBRs). In this article, an...
by Betty A. Hovey | May 5, 2021 | Article, Telehealth
The pandemic and the public health emergency (PHE) it brought along with it, have changed how health care is delivered. Commercial payors have been more amenable to paying for telehealth services in prior years. Due to the pandemic, CMS decided to relax its...
by Betty A. Hovey | Dec 8, 2020 | Article, Physician Fee Schedule
CMS issued a final rule on the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and some other policies that are slated to start on or after January 1, 2021. The 1,994 page document has a lot of information on many different policies, so a few important ones will be highlighted here,...
by Betty A. Hovey | Nov 1, 2020 | Article, E/M
The last big change for Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding was in 2010 when Medicare stopped accepting consultations. Not since 1997 have the guidelines gone through such a big adjustment. Due to the pandemic, though, many practices are not prepared for this...
