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MIPS
MIPS Update: Eight Improvement Activities Suspended
CMS has suspended Eight Improvement Activities for MIPS
They intend to remove the activities from the program in future rulemaking.
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Coding
Coding Pearls - DMECODING - CPT 99344
“With the loss of CPT 99343, is time a justification for the use of CPT 99344? My initial home visits (and now assisted and congregate living facilities) easily meet or exceed sixty minutes. Before I see patients, they completed a five page demographics that includes two pages of review of systems. I also have the chart notes from the referring physician and/or the CMS-485 from a home care agency (or the input paperwork from the hospice agency) that is all reviewed while face to face with the patient. The physical exam is quite time consuming in and of itself followed by assessment, treatment, plan of care and coordination of care. It seems that everything I can read says that I am justified in billing CPT 99344 using time. Thoughts?”
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FDA Recalls
HIPAA
Disclosure Log Form
Under the HIPAA privacy rule, patients have a Right to an account of Disclosures. This gives patients the right to receive a record of certain disclosure of the protected health information (PHI) made by a covered entity or its business associate.
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Coding
Coding Pearls - Denials For Postoperative X-rays
“Which ICD 10 code should one use for postoperative x-rays after a bunionectomy, a hammertoe repair, or amputation? United Health Care denied payment for post op x-rays. This hasn’t happened before. Thank you.”
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HIPAA
Comprehensive Neurology 25000
A New York City Neurology Practice, Comprehensive Neurology PC has settled an alleged HIPAA violation for $25,000
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