Tricky coding diagnoses

A delay would leave practices without the information they need to train staff and test workflows before the deadline, the AMA told CMS.

Heel pain gets laterality, BRCA gets its own code and liver fibrosis gets a middle stage. These are the FY 2027 additions your physicians will reach for.

The FY 2027 code set lands Oct. 1 with no grace period. Deleted codes, quiet demotions and new laterality rules start denials on Day 1.

Nearly 150 medical groups want CMS to fix same-day E/M overlap code by code instead of cutting payment 50 percent.

One line in a payer contract just cut 40% of a Hawaii clinic's panel.

The AMA is pressing CMS to withdraw a proposed 50 percent cut for office visits billed the same day as a procedure.

A House hearing put the Patients First Act and four related bills in play. Here is how each would change Medicare pay and practice rules.

AI scribes won't do all your charting. Define their use cases, cut redundant steps and reshape workflows to see real time savings.