Use of billing codes in big data sets to find diagnoses can result in up to two-thirds of cases being mistakenly identified, ...

In general, billing can only be done for services that are provided by or under the direct supervision of the attending ...

Use of billing codes in big data sets to find diagnoses can result in up to two-thirds of cases being mistakenly identified, ...

The Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) should be used as the coding dictionary and the terms relevant for medication errors sit under the system organ class – Injury ...

Nursing homes use of PDPM coding has forced Medicare to realign its spending on patients with higher medical complexity.

These included billing for non-existent and medically unnecessary procedures such as endometrial ablations, biopsies, ultrasounds, vaccinations, and various blood and STD tests.

If approved, a new rule could end the entrenched pay advantages for specialists like surgeons over other doctors.

Coding intensity and Medicare expenditures increased at skilled-nursing facilities after the implementation of the Patient Driven Payment Model in October 2019, according to a study published July 21 ...