The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to include a laboratory test CPT code for the orthopoxvirus and two CPT codes for the monkeypox...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to include CPT codes for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months through five...
A California doctor has been sentenced to prison for nearly eight years after his involvement in a $12 million Medicare fraud scheme in which he upcoded and billed Medicare for unnecessary...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to include CPT codes for two COVID-19 booster candidates from Pfizer and Sanofi-GlaxoSmithKline...
The median charge index for hospital evaluation and management (E/M) visits increased by 7 percent during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a white paper from FAIR Health.
The FH Medical Price Index...
Medical billing and coding translate a patient encounter into the languages healthcare facilities use for claims submission and reimbursement.
Billing and coding are separate processes, but both are necessary for providers to receive...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to include a new code for administering pediatric doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine...
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced a Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set update to include a code for administering a third dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has updated the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to include a new code for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses of the vaccine created by Janssen...
The past year has been tough for AFC Urgent Care Memphis, Tennessee. Like most practices, the small urgent care clinic saw patient volume dip dramatically at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. And like their peers, this all happened...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has issued new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
In September 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech shared the...
Midland Memorial Hospital agreed to pay over $555,000 for a medical coding error that resulted in claims being sent out for reimbursement from the government even though patients did not have a primary...
The new 2022 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set aims to streamline medical coding and documentation of COVID-19 vaccinations, among other updates.
The code set released today by the...
The American Medical Association (AMA) has announced updates to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set to account for changes to COVID-19 vaccines, including booster shots expected to...
Getting shots into arms has been a top priority for healthcare providers since the federal government gave the green light to several COVID-19 vaccines. But while speed was key for immunizers, medical...
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for the third doses of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are effective for immediate...
The American Medical Association (AMA) unveiled a new Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code for a potential third dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The AMA chose to publish the code in...
Clinical documentation has come a long way since the days of paper medical records. Widespread adoption of EHR systems and now EHR optimizations have modernized the act of clinical documentation, and...
For many providers, the end of the pandemic is in sight with the recent emergency use authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine. And while this may be true, it is just the start of a COVID-19 vaccine billing...
While some have said medical coding sits quietly in the middle of the healthcare revenue cycle, it is a key step that, when done inadequately, can impact each part of the revenue cycle after it....
