by Sean McSweeney | Dec 11, 2018 | ASC Billing, Neurosurgery Billing, Orthopedic Billing, Pain Management Billing
COMPLEXITY Orthopedic coding is incredibly complex compared to most medical specialties. Spine coding has perhaps the most difficult coding logistics with the possible exception of vascular. Coding can make a tremendous difference in either how much money you’re...
by Sean McSweeney | Jul 13, 2017 | Pain Management Billing
CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, aka Medicare) has changed its post-operative visit reporting requirements for straight Medicare patients. It is effective July 1, 2017. At this time it is limited to a subset of providers. Changes affect wide range of...
by Sean McSweeney | Jun 12, 2017 | Pain Management Billing
This article discuses neurosurgery billing and pain management billing, as well as spine and pain management coding issues. For successful spine and pain management coding, the most important thing is for the coder to be familiar with the anatomy and the code...
by Sean McSweeney | Jun 1, 2017 | Neurosurgery Billing, Pain Management Billing
Apache Health as a leading medical billing analytics company often gets questions about specific billing issues from our clients and prospective clients. This article looks at some of the issues faced in pain management billing with respect to Medicare Local Coverage...
by Sean McSweeney | Jan 11, 2017 | Pain Management Billing
Effective Jan 1, 2017, there are a number of changes for pain management billing. The AMA has added and deleted a number of billing codes. Following are the pain management coding changes for 2017: New Epidural Codes – Cervical or Thoracic The following...
by Sean McSweeney | Dec 11, 2016 | ASC Billing, Neurosurgery Billing, Orthopedic Billing, Pain Management Billing
PERCENTAGE BASED CODING Does your orthopedic billing company charge a percentage of collections for their coding and billing? They might break out separate charges for statements or other services, but they also might combine the core coding and billing into one...
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