On January 1, 2021, new evaluation and management (E&M) coding guidelines for clinical office visits go into effect across the US. These guidelines, which reflect the most significant change in E&M ...

The American Medical Association's CPT Editorial Panel at its February meeting approved technical corrections to the E/M coding guidelines for outpatient visits. The American Medical Association’s ...

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) on January 28 called for the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to adopt a long-term electronic health record (EHR) strategy of ...

This year ushered in many changes affecting reimbursement for healthcare providers, but few are as important as the new Physician Fee Schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

In cases where two providers perform distinct services during an encounter, the physician should use individual times to calculate a total time for the visit. Q: During an outpatient visit, a nurse ...

Evaluation and management (E/M) codes drive much of the revenue in physician practices. Thus, these codes are often vulnerable to third-party auditor scrutiny. When auditing, auditors frequently ask ...

BOCA RATON, Fla--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Leading healthcare technology vendor Modernizing Medicine® today announced that the company’s electronic health records (EHR) systems, EMA and gGastro EHR, are ready ...