Apr 23Audits of Levels and Sides of Injections1. Procedure Title vs Procedure Detail. In a recent audit of one of our clients, Medicaid auditors disallowed epidural and facet...
Apr 23New Trigger Point LCDsFive of the seven Medicare Carriers have just adopted a new multi-jurisdictional LCD for Trigger Point Injections (“TPIs”). The new LCDs...
Apr 19Incident to: Medication ChangesQuery. If a midlevel practitioner (NP/PA) adjusts medication on a follow-up visit, can that visit be billed incident to, in the name of...
Apr 11 Aetna Stops Paying for Physical StatusOne of our clients just forwarded a publication from Aetna dated April 8, 2024, providing a required 90-day notice that effective July...
Apr 8Depo-Medrol Coding ChangesFor pain practices still using and coding for the steroid Depo-Medrol, CMS has changed the coding effective April 1, 2024. CMS has...
Mar 21OCR Requires BAAs with Tracking Vendors1. Overview. The OCR is clarifying the obligations regarding online tracking technologies used in your websites and mobile apps....