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Lisa Eramo, MA, is a contributing author for Medical Economics.
How to integrate health apps at the point of care
What physicians can do to harness patient-collected data.
Six tips to getting paid for CPT modifiers
What physicians can do to collect the payment they deserve while also avoiding compliance risk.
Get paid for using the patient portal
New ways to get paid for interacting with patients
Managing atrial fibrillation
Manage patients with atrial fibrillation to boost payments under MIPS.
7 tips to maximize revenue for nursing home services
Physicians should consider these seven tips to make nursing home services more lucrative.
Manage asthma
Improve outcomes, boost payment
6 tips for getting paid to administer vaccines to Medicare patients
Avoid denials when selecting Level 4 E/M office visit codes
CPT guidelines permit E/M code selection based on time when face-to-face counseling and/or coordination of care accounts for more than 50 percent of the encounter.
Focus on specificity when documenting these four diagnoses
Accurate and complete documentation helps physicians avoid denials.
Coding tips: Appealing denied claims
When appealing denials, keep these three tips in mind.
Coding tips: Modifiers -25, -26, and -59
Here are some do’s and don’ts when applying these three common modifiers.
Coding tips: Time-based E/M billing
Follow these three tips to avoid denials when reporting time-based E/M codes.
Coding tips: Transitional care management
Here are four common transitional care management denials and how to avoid them.
Coding tips: Chronic care management (CCM)
Here are four common CCM denials and how to avoid them.
Coding tips: Level 3 vs. 4 evaluation and management
To payers, these visits tell a completely different story about the work that’s required to treat a patient.
5 tips to negotiate favorable payer contracts
Commercial payers don’t automatically reward physicians for being loyal members of their networks.
New cognitive assessment code promotes planning, generates revenue
It could be financially worthwhile to delve more deeply into patients’ cognitive problems.
Boost MIPS scores while improving osteoarthritis patient management
Although there’s no cure for osteoarthritis, it’s certainly possible for primary care physicians to not only help their patients manage symptoms, but also improve reimbursement for doing so.
Manage rheumatoid arthritis and related quality metrics
Prescribing a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) for patients with rheumatoid arthritis not only helps alleviate symptoms, but it may also help physicians trigger performance-based bonuses from certain commercial payers.
How to improve care, hit quality metrics for COPD patients
In the age of value-based care, helping patients manage this chronic condition becomes more important than ever
With new guidelines, hypertension diagnoses to rise
Tips for physicians to address high blood pressure, meet value-based care targets
5 Takeaways from new hypertension guidelines
The new guidance means that nearly 103 million Americans will now carry a diagnosis of high blood pressure following a visit to their physician.