December, 2020 - Make Your Revenue Smarter

CWTC [Episode 105] COVID Vaccines

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Welcome to Coffee with the Coder®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with […]

AMA Announces new COVID-19 vaccine CPT® codes

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The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set is being updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include immunization and administration codes that are unique to the COVID-19 vaccine under development by AstraZeneca and University of Oxford. The new CPT codes will be effective for use on the condition […]

Reporting Evaluation and Management Services in 2021

CMS Inpatient Only List CY2021

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The CMS Inpatient Only List is published in the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule as Addendum E. 2021 NFRM OPPS Addenda  (zip files, look for Addendum E) The specific set of items removed from this list are found here: Services Removed from the Inpatient Only (IPO) List for CY 2021 (zip file)

COVID Vaccines and MMA COVID-19 Infusion Program

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Medicare Part B Payment for COVID-19 Vaccines and Certain Monoclonal Antibodies during the Public Health Emergency are found at CMS in the drug pricing section. We link to it below.  CMS has released a set of toolkits for providers, states and insurers to help the health care system prepare and assist in swiftly administering these products once […]

CWTC [Episode 104] Documentation Concerns, Second Etiologic

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Welcome to Coffee with the Coder®, our conversation with Paula Digby and her team to address issues, observations and questions for Health Information Management professionals, physicians, auditors, payors and students. You are invited to listen in for ten to twenty minutes every other Monday and to submit your favorite questions or comments for Coffee with […]