Summary: The recent passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act provides a modicum of consolation for providers who had been preparing for major cuts in Medicare reimbursement. While the legislation does not reverse these cuts, they have been significantly pared down to a more manageable level. Over the last several months, the American pe...

SUMMARY: There are changes every year to the coding guidelines as found in the CPT manual. For 2021, the primary changes will revolve around certain evaluation and management services.With every new year, there arises within us the hope of better days ahead—a certain optimism fostered by a clean slate and a wide-ranging set of possibilities. New Ye...

Summary: Telehealth will continue to be a viable option for many providers and patients; but how applicable will these services be to the practice of anesthesia and chronic pain?During the course of this year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) produced a number of rule changes concerning the utilization of telehealth servi...

Summary: As your billing company, we work hard to schedule and conduct documentation in-services. These sessions are critical in that they provide a unique opportunity to see billing guidelines in context and promote better documentation habits, ensuring optimal billing for services provided. Unfortunately, these sessions are often underattended. ...

Summary: New regulations have been released that will update and clarify the provisions of the Stark Law--the set of measures that address physician self-referral in connection with Medicare and other federal healthcare program services. In the ancient past, stargazers assumed that the celestial bodies visible at night numbered a little over a tho...