Make sure billers, coders, clinicians and compliance staff understand that the substantive portion rule does not apply to CPT split/shared coding guidelines. Barbara Levy, M.D., AMA CPT Editorial Panel Member, took questions on the CPT E/M update on day two of the 2023 CPT and RBRVS Symposium.
Unless Congress acts soon, Medicare payment for physicians will be chopped by 8.5% and a golden opportunity to reform prior authorization—a major administrative burden for physician practices—may slip away. The AMA is urging physicians to contact their legislators and let them know this is unfair, unacceptable and unsustainable.
Since the adoption of electronic healthcare records (EHR) became commonplace in hospitals and medical practices nearly two decades ago, more people have access to the records than before. Now more than ever, the practice of keeping accurate records has shifted to accommodate the move from paper to screen.
Automation and similar technologies are increasingly prevalent in revenue integrity but understanding best practices and long-term implications is still a major challenge. While organizations are learning how to best leverage technology as they adopt it, it’s just as important that revenue integrity leaders understand what these technologies can and can’t do.
Unless Congress acts soon, Medicare payment for physicians will be chopped by 8.5% and a golden opportunity to reform prior authorization—a major administrative burden for physician practices—may slip away. The AMA is urging physicians to contact their legislators and let them know this is unfair, unacceptable and unsustainable.
Researchers at MedStar Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the University of Utah found electronic health record (EHR) vendor misconduct may have led to widespread use of suboptimal products for more than 70,000 clinicians across the country, as published today in JAMA Health Forum.