A physician ordered a CT of the pancreas without and with contrast, and a CT of the pelvis without and with contrast. Is this documentation sufficient to allow us to bill for 74178?
As the nation continues to reel from the COVID-19 pandemic, a silver lining could be that the art of storytelling may be making a comeback.
Over the past few years, our utilization management (UM) team has been hard at work to shift the habits of admitting physicians when it comes
As a wary nation emerges from lockdown, front-line healthcare workers know that an uncertain future remains ahead. One of the most stressful things about the
A healthcare administrator who returned to the ICU amid the coronavirus epidemic had a memorable patient to care for – with a little help from
I’m Aspen Albright. I’m 13 years old and I live in Maryland. I like writing and acting a lot, and I especially have a thing
My name is Madison Allen. I am a 15-year-old girl who loves spending her time outdoors or hanging out with her friends. If neither of
When the news broke out that the school year of 2020 was over, it was a huge shock to my friends and me. We never
On March 12, when my father told me that I couldn’t see my friends anymore, I was peeved. There were only nine cases in Minnesota,
The federal agency has been churning out waivers and adjustments on a rolling basis during recent weeks. Another day, another set of Centers for Medicare
Back billing is key to remaining in business during COVID-19. One of the questions that I have heard repeatedly during the continuing COVID-19 pandemic was
The future of telehealth is too uncertain. It is clearly too early to speculate about life after the COVID-19 pandemic. But one question that many
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