DEAR DR. ROACH: When I have appointments with my physicians (at our local, highly rated academic health system), they no longer do a physical exam. But in the after-visit note, there is a documented ...
There was an interesting and important recent article in the NY Times about the gradual increase in the average E/M coding levels used by doctors over the last few years. For the non-docs, med ...
Andrew S. Oseran, MD, MBA, MSc, hypothesizes that higher Medicare Advantage (MA) risk scores may result from either a more accurate capture of beneficiaries' comorbidities or inappropriate "upcoding" ...
A Rand study published Dec. 3 reveals that from 2011 to 2019, hospitals in five states significantly increased the frequency of documenting patients as requiring the highest intensity care, resulting ...
Democratic lawmakers are asking GOP leadership to reject Medicaid cuts in favor of going after Medicare Advantage “upcoding” as a way of saving federal dollars and addressing waste, fraud and abuse. A ...
Despite criticisms over inaction, the HHS is aware of the flurry of fraud in the Medicare Advantage program that’s costing the government billions of dollars a year, and is thinking about how to curb ...
The senior interest group is putting its backing behind bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing the practice of upcoding in Medicare Advantage, when healthcare providers bill for inaccurate codes ...
Democrats are calling on GOP leaders to discard Medicaid cuts and instead address Medicare Advantage "upcoding" to tackle federal waste. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House ...
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