Routine Foot Care
Payable and Non-payable Scenarios By Ramya Vincent, CPC Routine foot care, regardless of the provider rendering the service, includes care for corns and calluses, nails, dermatomes, simple palliative...
View ArticleInsulin Syringe May Lead to Death
Let diabetic patients know Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) recalled one lot of ReliOn 31-gauge, 1cc insulin syringes due to possible mislabeling. According to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
View ArticleOIG Investigates Diabetic Supply Claims
Home blood-glucose test strips and lancets are big business. In 2007, Noridian Administrative Services, LLC, allowed payments totaling $219 million for just these diabetic control supplies alone. Of...
View ArticleCMS Posts Final Decision for Autologous PRP Coverage
In a final decision memo, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) says there is insufficient evidence that autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) improves health outcomes in individuals...
View ArticleTop 10 Medicare Risk Adjustment Coding Errors
By Carol Olson, CPC, CPC-H, CPC-I, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS Medicare Advantage (MA) reimbursement can trip you up in ways you didn’t expect. If you are seeing MA patients, be mindful of opportunities and...
View Article
