Month: December 2019

CPT Updates

CPT Code Updates: Radiology, Emergency Medicine, and Behavioral Health Changes

Upcoming changes to the CPT code set include updates to radiology and medicine sections, effective for claims submitted on or after January 1. Radiology Updates Several radiology codes have been revised, added, or deleted: Revised Radiology Codes: 74022, 74210, 74220, 74230, 74240, 74246, 74250, 74270, 74280 New Radiology Codes: 74221 – Esophagus radiologic exam, double-contrast […]
How To Manage Accounts Receivable

How To Manage Accounts Receivable

Sound accounts receivable (A/R) management is integral to the financial health of a medical practice. The ability to maximize collections and profitability depends on it. Thus, it’s important that practices know what processes they can implement to ensure a smooth-running AR operation. David Norris, MD, MBA, an anesthesiologist in Wichita, Kan. and author of The […]
3 Issues Revenue Cycle Leaders Will Have To Battle

3 Issues Revenue Cycle Leaders Will Have To Battle In 2020

First hand experiences from the country’s most innovative revenue cycles will be shared next month in West Palm Beach, Florida. What issues keep revenue cycle executives up at night? As the HealthLeaders’ revenue cycle editor, I will moderate discussions and hear firsthand experiences of successes, challenges, and the latest ideas coming out of the country’s most innovative […]
Preparing for ICD-11

HCC Coding: Preparing for ICD-11

HCCs thrive on specificity and ICD-11 will provide a higher level of specificity than in ICD-10. For those of you who are HCC coding for hierarchical condition category (HCC) purposes, you know that HCCs are categories of related ICD-10 codes. Only selected significant conditions to drive a payment HCC coding. That means only conditions that […]