The American Medical Association's CPT Editorial Panel at its February meeting approved technical corrections to the E/M coding guidelines for outpatient visits. The American Medical Association’s ...

Although Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) are not currently evaluating facility evaluation and management (E&M) services, it may not be long before they do. In the 2010 final rule for the hospital ...

Medical school curriculum is heavy in anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology, and clinical rotations or clerkships. There is very little, if any, instruction on proper coding and billing for ...

Ample changes were made to how organizations will report observation services and more starting in 2023. The American Medical Association (AMA) released new evaluation and management (E/M) coding ...

BOCA RATON, Fla--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading healthcare technology vendor Modernizing Medicine® today announced that the company’s electronic health records (EHR) systems, EMA and gGastro EHR, are ready ...

Knowledge of E/M coding and documentation is essential in order to 1) correctly bill and obtain reimbursement for the work you do; and 2) avoid legal ramifications of audits for improperly documented ...

Introduction Sicker Patients or Better Charting? EHRs Put E/M Coding on Steroids Gaming the System or Just Following the System? Warning Shots and Network Deselection EHRs Put E/M Coding on Steroids ...

This year ushered in many changes affecting reimbursement for healthcare providers, but few are as important as the new Physician Fee Schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...