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Three Key Takeaways from the FY 2021 Inpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

Typically, we would have the Final Rule updates to the Inpatient…
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Five Key Takeaways from the CY 2021 Outpatient Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule

On August 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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What Radiology Practices Need to Know About Medicare’s Prior-Authorization Requirements

Beginning July 1,2020  Medicare required prior authorization…
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Relaxing Rules for Telehealth

I’m sure everyone has heard the saying, “the only constant…
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CMS and AMA payment and coding updates, effective July, 1 2020

Panacea has summarized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
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E&M Changes: How Will They Affect Your Practice?

As many of you have heard, there are major changes coming to…
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Please join us on Thursday, June 4, 2020, at 1 pm ET, for our…
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Cultivating Homegrown Inpatient Auditors

By training coders who already are on staff, hospitals leverage…
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IR Coding: 100% Bundled, Component Coded or Hybrid-Bundled

In 1992, CPT coding options for interventional radiology (IR)…
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The OIG Targets Herceptin Billing Errors

The OIG has added specialty drug coverage and reimbursement by Medicaid to its Work Plan.