Incident-to services are on auditors radar. To prevent paybacks, you’ve got to know when to use incident to – and capture full pay, and when to bill services directly – and lose the standard 15%. Test your incident to savvy with this question:
Question: Can an NP see a new patient in the office under incident to?
Answer: Check out the solution.
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When the clock ticks in a new month and the entire healthcare industry is thereby mandated to begin using the new ICD-10 code set, there
It is often argued that ICD-10 coding does nothing for the patient. Recently that point was made at the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing “Examining ICD-10 Implementation” last week.
Researchers have developed an online mapping tool designed to help stakeholders transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code sets, EHR Intelligence reports.
The next nine months are critical in terms of preparing for a smooth transition to ICD-10. If ICD-10 isn’t a priority in your organization yet, it should quickly rise to the top of the list as soon as possible.
The grim message following a breach that has endangered sensitive data belonging to 80 million current and former Anthem health insurance customers is that we can only expect more health care data breaches in the future.