Tag: Medical Coding Compliance

Add-On Codes That Physician Specialties Need to Know Before 2021

The 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule discussed potential add-on codes to represent Evaluation and Management complexity. Lucky for physician specialties, it been delayed until 2021. The proposed add-on code was a way to add reimbursement in the new territory of blended E&M payments. For physician specialties, CMS is proposing to revise the current…

Optimizing Surgical Reimbursements for your Orthopedic Practice

“You Can Only Get Paid for What You Say.” After reading and coding thousands of surgical operative notes, the medical coding experts at MEREM Healthcare Solutions have provided five orthopedic examples you can reference to ensure you are maximizing reimbursements while maintaining billing and coding compliance.