Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCO – Page 7

Telemedicine Offers Benefits to Providers

October 22, 2018November 2, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Deloitte did a 2018 survey of U.S. healthcare consumers and physicians, and found: 90 percent of physicians see the benefits of telemedicine technology but only 14 percent have the ability to perform video telemedicine visit capabilities right now. Of… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Get More Involved with Your Local AAPC Chapter

October 19, 2018November 2, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Getting more involved with your local AAPC chapter involves little steps and does not mean that you have to make a huge commitment to the chapter. There are a lot of benefits to getting more involved in the chapter, including meeting more AAPC members… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

HMA Pays $260 M for False Billing and Kickbacks

September 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Health Management Associates, LLC (HMA), a hospital chain that has its headquarters in Naples, Florida will be paying over $260 million to avoid criminal and civil claims associated with a scheme to defraud the government of the United States. In this… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Telehealth in Your Practice

September 26, 2018September 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Direct to Consumer/Patient When thinking about implementing telehealth in your practice, determine which platform will work best for your providers and patients. The market has consolidated into two major platforms, American Well and Teledoc… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Bundled Payments Reduce Care Cost

September 7, 2018September 26, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Bundled payments seem to be cutting healthcare costs. One of the salient goals of the Affordable Care Act was to bring down the cost of care. As a result, the federal government attempted to assist in reducing the cost of care by implementing a progra… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Analysis: AMA Responds to E/M Proposal

September 6, 2018September 7, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

The AMA sent a letter to the Administrator of CMS on August 27, 2018 with signatures from most of the medical societies and state medical societies with comments on the CMS proposal for the “Patients Over Paperwork” initiative. AMA Loves Paperwork Red… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Recognize the New MBI

September 4, 2018September 7, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

MLN Matters issued an article on July 11, 2018 to clarify that the Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) format does not use the letters S, L, O, I, B, and Z. This was done so that there will never be a confusion between the numbers 5, 1, 0, 3, and … For more, read here: AAPC Blog

E/M Changes May Hit Podiatry and Teaching Attestation

August 22, 2018August 29, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) physician fee schedule proposed rule has some new Part B specific codes for Podiatry Evaluation and Management (E/M) services as well as some modification to Teaching Physician Attestation Rules f… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

CMS Proposes Add-on Codes for E/M Services

August 20, 2018August 29, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing three new HCPCS Level II add-on codes to be used specifically with evaluation and management (E/M) codes, which would also be revised to create a single rate of $93 for established patients (99212-99215) and a single rate of $135 for new pa… For more, read here: AAPC Blog

Changing the Way Medicare Pays Doctors

August 6, 2018August 28, 2018Barbara Cobuzzi, MBA, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPC-I, CENTC, CPCONo Comments

Besides taking a machete to E/M reimbursement and the way Medicare looks at E/M services, the current administration has proposed some large changes in the way Medicare pays doctors. They have also proposed ways that hospital facilities disclose prices to patients, providing more transpa… For more, read here: AAPC Blog