Clerical documentation burdens for physicians expanded during the past decade in part due to increased regulatory requirements and the corresponding proliferation of EHRs — one 2017 study found ...
Beginning January 1, 2022, all state licensed or certified health care facilities and providers must follow extensive rules for providing a "good faith estimate" of health care charges to uninsured ...
The shift to value-based care involves financial incentives for anesthesia practices that could conflict with existing fraud and abuse laws, such as Stark law, according to a Jan. 24 report from law ...
In its final MACRA rule, CMS added a new track, MSSP Track 1+ ACO, which aims to expand participation for providers, according to Lexology. 1. The track will work to limit downside risk and add more ...
Medicare Advantage plans and providers need to be aware of the recent increase in government enforcement of risk adjustment coding issues. In the past few years, the Office of the Inspector General ...
Sweeping ICD-10 structural changes and 288 new CPT codes in 2026 are increasing coding complexity across healthcare. From AI-assisted diagnostics to E/M documentation refinements, the updates demand ...