Medical Billing

Can you please explain what a TPE Audit is?

A patient had a first metatarsophalangeal joint fusion/arthrodesis performed. Approximately 1 month following the procedure, one of the screws that was used to perform the procedure backed out of the bone and the plate that was applied to the 1st MPJ and started to apply pressure beneath the underlying skin at the site of the surgical incision. The screw needed to be removed. What would be the most appropriate CPT code to bill?

What are the appropriate modifiers to use for the billing of CTPs?

What are the rules that should be followed when someone is billing for an E and M service based upon Total Time?

What is the Difference Between a Simple Repair of a Wound, an Intermediate Repair of a Wound and a Complex Repair of a Wound?

Medicare Requirements for Home Health Care

Top Compliance Issues Webinar Q&A with Michael Warshaw, DPM, CPC

Can you please explain the Medicare Appeals process?

Does a patient have to be “Homebound” in order to provide foot care services in the patient’s home?

APPEALING MEDICARE DECSIONS Once an initial claim determination is made participating physicians generally have the right to appeal. Physicians who do not take assignment have limited appeal rights. Beneficiaries my assign their appeal rights to Physicians who provide them with services or items.