The Office of the Inspector General has released the Incorrect place-of-service claims resulted in potential Medicare overpayments costing millions report. Here are five quick facts to know. 1. The ...

An existent compliance plan not only detects incorrect coding practices, it may also be considered by some federal agencies when determining whether reasonable efforts were taken to avoid and detect ...

Brookfield, Wis.-based Fi-Med, a provider of revenue cycle management, subscription analytics and chronic care management services, is arguing technology to identify “behavioral” coding issues can ...

Properly coding this would raise a resident’s ADL Index, and in a hypothetical example provided by Newell, this change resulted in an additional payment of $64 each day. “Undercoding can cost you $90 ...

As more orthopedic practices are approached for potential acquisition, our firm is engaged by buyers and sellers to evaluate the accuracy of coding and documentation, and the efficiency of the revenue ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This article is the second in a series to focus on common coding conundrums encountered by spine surgeons.

Hospital repays Medicare $130,000 for incorrect coding. Butler Memorial Hospital repaid Medicare $130,000 for incorrectly billing for a form of malnutrition most often found in children who live in ...