2023 Documentation Guideline Changes for ED E/M Codes 99281-99285
On July 1, 2022, the American Medical Association (AMA) released a preview of the 2023 CPT Documentation…
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Michael Granovsky, MD, FACEP, president of coding for LogixHealth.
Posts by Michael A. Granovsky, MD, FACEP
What’s in the 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule?
The 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule was released on July 12, 2018, and it includes…
ICD-10 Diagnosis Codes to Use for Zika Virus Documentation
CPT codes are updated annually, typically on Jan. 1, and describe the cognitive and procedural care provided…
How CMS’ Value-Based Modifier Program May Affect Emergency Physicians
The Affordable Care Act requires that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) apply a value-based…
ACEP’s Clinical Emergency Data Registry to Measure, Report Health Care Quality, Outcomes
As part of its ongoing commitment to providing the highest quality of emergency care, ACEP has developed…
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases Fee Schedule for 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Final Rule…
Reimbursement and Coding Updated for 2012
Emergency medicine will see a very small decrease in our overall RVU values On Nov. 1, 2011,…
Reimbursement and Coding Updated for 2011
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on…
Medicare Cuts Payment For Psych Care in the ED
The ACEP Reimbursement Committee recently discovered a change in reimbursement for the care of Medicare patients with…
2010 Changes Impact EM Coding and Reimbursement
The American Medical Association’s annual update of the Current Procedural Terminology codes and descriptions was recently released….