On February 1, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)1. According to the...
Effective January 1, 2017, when processing claims for Part B drugs and biologicals, except those provided under Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP), the use of...
On May 26, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlined additional unspecified diagnosis codes the agency is excluding from both ICD-9 and ICD-10...
An add-on code is a HCPCS/CPT code that describes a service that, with one exception (see next paragraph), is always performed in conjunction with...
On June 24, CMS released a change request informing contractors of new CLIA waived tests approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Since these...
Back in 1996, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed the National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) to promote correct coding and prevent...
Since Medicare’s inception in 1966, private health care insurers have processed medical claims for Medicare beneficiaries. Originally these entities were known as Part A...
Did you know that it costs an average of $25 to rework a single claim? It’s true, according to a recent Health IT News...
Experian Health has launched Coverage Discovery® on demand, which is integrated into Epic’s EMR. We are the first-to-market with this functionality for Epic. In addition to Coverage...