CMS and the American Academy of Professional Coders hosted a Code-a-Thon on April 26, at which coding experts from AAPC responded to nearly 250 questions from more than 1,200 participants, according ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has posted a video on YouTube featuring footage from its April ICD-10 Code-a-Thon, according to an AAPC report. The Code-a-Thon was held in collaboration ...

The NCTAP was finalized as part of CMS’ fourth COVID-19 interim final rule. A version of this article was first published February 10, 2021, by HCPro's Revenue Cycle Advisor, a sibling publication to ...

Radiology organizations and federal agencies are emphasizing standardized reporting, updated ICD-10-CM guidance, and refined billing workflows to cut claim denials and improve reimbursement in 2026.

Today, the BioTherapeutics, Education & Research (BTER) Foundation was notified that the American Medical Association (AMA), in collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

ICD-10 coding isn’t just about memorizing codes—it’s about mastering accuracy, specificity, and compliance. With the right documentation practices, training, and resources, providers and coders can ...

Starting Oct. 1, per diem payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) will be more generous on the first few days of a Medicare beneficiary’s stay, and then drop as the stay continues. That’s one of ...

Although Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs) are not currently evaluating facility evaluation and management (E&M) services, it may not be long before they do. In the 2010 final rule for the hospital ...

The Stark Law restricts financial relationships between a physician and any entity that furnishes and bills Medicare for DHS (a DHS Entity), and many of the most commonly used Stark Law exceptions ...

The main difference between MedPAC and CMS estimates of uncorrected coding intensity is that MedPAC’s estimate accounts for the upward trend in coding intensity. The growth of the Medicare Advantage ...