Medicare contractors will implement the updated payment files by July 5, according to the release. The payment file updates include short descriptor changes for 19 HCPCS Level II and CPT codes and ...

Last-minute advocacy by the AOA and other physician groups secured the 2.5% pay increase in H.R. 1, reversing the expected ...

Medical professionals and healthcare facilities must complete different forms when billing for the services they provide. These are not forms you need to complete yourself. Claim form CMS-1500 is for ...

Question: Whenever I read about Medicare and insurance products I feel like they are speaking a language I don’t understand. How can I learn this stuff to make a good decision? The language that we ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added several new oral health billing codes for Medicare, and one U.S. legislator wants states notified so they consider making similar ...

In a move that acknowledges the gauntlet the US health system poses for people facing serious and fatal illnesses, Medicare will pay for a new class of workers to help patients manage treatments for ...

Interventional radiology ASCs have more ways than ever to collect for procedures, thanks to a surge in the number of billing codes supporting these facilities, according to Mark F. Weiss and Cecilia ...

Clinical diagnostic laboratory tests range from routine chemical measurements like blood glucose or sodium to complex examinations for cancer, infectious diseases, or rare inherited disorders. The ...

A minority of primary care practices have filed claims for two services that Medicare recently rolled out codes for, according to a Nov. 9 athenaInsight analysis by freelance technology writer Chris ...

To enhance compensation for primary care activities that occur outside of face-to-face visits, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently introduced new billing codes for transitional ...