Fundamental guidelines for coding, billing procedures in rheumatology practices
What Physicians Should Know Before Leaving a Medical Practice
Termination provisions your employment agreement should include; plus other considerations to address before you transition
New HCPCS Modifiers Replace -59 on January 1, 2015
Referred to as -X modifiers, they are designed to define specific subsets of -59 modifier
Practice Management Workshops Boost Physician Efficiency
The ACR/ARHP three-day program at 2014 Annual Meeting in Boston to focus on medical coding updates, compliance rules, federal regulations
Advancing Rheumatology on Many Fronts
Presidential priorities for the coming year
Coding and Billing for Facet Joint Injections
Billing and coding is not as easy as one might think. The rules are constantly changing—and the codes for facet joint injections, which have changed frequently over the years, are a prime example. To make sure your practice is in compliance, billers, coders, and physicians should remain informed of the correct coding guidelines for facet joint injections. No one in a physician’s practice should ever assume that, because they coded a procedure a certain way in years past, it is still the status quo. Every rheumatologist and his or her staff should understand the what, why, and where of facet joint injections.
Practical Medication Management
Take a firm stand in perioperative and pregnant patients with rheumatic disease
The Journey Home
Volunteering offered an opportunity to help in the present and revisit the past
Practical Advice for the Rheumatologist on Medicare PQRI
It is not too late to participate in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) 2009 Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PRQI). Participation is voluntary, but providers who participate now will better prepare themselves for probable future reporting requirements while qualifying for an incentive payment from CMS.
Round One for PQRI
Complex requirements and confusion typify start of Medicare quality initiative