Is It Worth Billing the New Phone Codes?
I see there are new CPT codes for phone calls. I never got paid for the old codes. Should I even bother billing these?
Question: I see there are new CPT codes for phone calls. I never got paid for the old codes. Should I even bother billing these?
Answer: Sure. Word on the street is that some commercial payers are indeed paying for them. Moreover, if you never bill, the payers have an excuse to never pay. After all, “no one bills them anyway.”
HIPAA highlights: 2 disturbing class actions, OCR risk analysis enforcement
April 24th 2025Two class-action lawsuits targeting the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Kansas Health System for years-long cyberstalking and unauthorized access to protected health information spotlight massive HIPAA risk-analysis failures and underscore the urgent need for stronger health care cybersecurity safeguards.
