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New Medicare ID Transition

The Providers Role in the New Medicare ID Transition

The one thing doctors should be doing is making sure their patients have their address correct with Medicare. The patient won’t get a new card if their address is not correct. This simple reminder could diminish ongoing problems for providers in the massive transition underway to distribute new Medicare ID numbers. Since its inception in […]
5 New HCPCS Q Codes

5 New HCPCS Q Codes Effective

Get a jump on five new HCPCS Level II codes going into effect July 1,2018. All are Q codes and they help patients with opioid addiction, knee pain, cystic fibrosis, and hemophilia. Q9991         Injection, buprenorphine extended-release (Sublocade), less than or equal to 100 mg Q9992         Injection, buprenorphine extended-release (Sublocade), greater than 100 mg Sublocade is […]
Code for Critical Care

The Best Way to Code for Critical Care

Key: Amount of time spent with the patient indicates which code to use. Coding for physician inpatient services, especially critical care, is deceptively straightforward. The reality is that the details of each code requirement can complicate things to the point of complete confusion. Despite the challenges, there are specific strategies you can use to correctly […]
3 Coding Tips From Medical Bill Consultants’ CEO

3 Coding Tips From Medical Bill Consultants’ CEO

Beth Morgan, president and CEO of Medical Bill Consultants, has over 40 years of experience coding and billing for various providers and facilities. She provided these three tips: Read the notes carefully. If coders and billers don’t read notes carefully, they might miss a key component that the provider also missed. For example, if the […]
New Medicare Cards Are Coming

New Medicare Cards Are Coming

The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) of 2015, requires us to remove Social Security Numbers (SSNs) from all Medicare cards by April 2019. A new Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) will replace the SSN-based Health Insurance Claim Number (HICN) on the new Medicare cards for Medicare transactions like billing, eligibility status, and claim status. The […]