Newsletter Archives

2025

December - SDoH HCPCS code G0136
November - The 8-Hour Rule
October - CMS proposing to implement G2211 in 2024
September - CMS Evaluation and Management Services Guide
August - CMS Proposed Rule: Shared services, telehealth
July - CMS Proposed Rule highlights
June - OIG, Medicare Advantage and diagnosis coding, and Reporting the Global Surgical Package
May - Modifier 25, Coding for Bronchoscopy Procedures
April - Home visits, homebound status, April webinar: Coding for hospital services
March - Telehealth flexibility changes, April webinar: Coding for hospital services
February - Prolonged care Q&A, February webinar: Let’s review the teaching physician rules
January - 2023 CPT® hospital claims, January webinar: 2023 CPT® Changes – Who Doesn’t LOVE Getting New CPT® Manuals?!

December - E/M changes, January webinar: 2023 CPT® Changes – Who Doesn’t LOVE Getting New CPT® Manuals?!
November - Final rule for code 99292, November webinar: Coding for initial hospital services: examples for hospitalists
October - Compliance audits, Q&A How to tell time, October webinar: ICD-10-CM: 2023 Coding and Reporting Guidelines
September - POS 02, POS 11 and POS 10 code changes, September webinar: 2023 E/M guidelines for hospital, nursing facility, home and residence services
August - Changes to evaluation and management services, broad overview of AMA proposed changes, global surgery, August webinar: 2023 CMS Proposed Physician Rule
July - AMA changes to E/M, CMS released its proposed rule for 2023, download guidelines in our CPT® book, July webinar: Coding Principles for Practice Administrators
June - E/M definition changes coming in January, June webinar: Who Runs the World? GIRLS!!: CPT® Coding for Obstetrical and Gynecological Procedures
May - Survey results on denials for unspecified codes, May webinar: Medicare Rules for Incident-to Billing and Shared Services
April - Video by Elizabeth Woodcook, on Aged Trial Balances, video on OIG report, April webinar: E/M auditing
March - Modifier 25, March webinar: Critical Care Services Coding Update
February - EOB, video on MS’s split/shared rules, February webinar: Modifier update: 2022
January - POS 10 for telehealth, New 'FT' modifier, 2022 CPT update

2021

December - CMS new shared service rule, CPT Changes
November - 2022 Final Rule released, Update to ICD-10- CM in 2022 including COVID and SDoH
October - Drowning in citations, HCC quizzes, Webinars - Revenue Cycle Management and ICD-10 update for 2022
September - Down coding E/M visits based on risk scores, Risk diagnosis coding, Elizabeth Woodcock returns, Preventive medicine and Medicare wellness visits with a problem oriented visit
August - CMS 2022 Proposed Physician Rule, FQHC
July - TCM billing, CMS 2022 proposed rule, Coding for Critical Care Services
June - Return of the E/M auditing webinar
May - Diagnosis coding for diagnostic services, May webinar: How medical practice services are paid
April - March E/M services updates, Risk & global surgical package, April webinar: HCC Coding for Medical Practices
March - Critical care coding review, Update from the AMA on E/M coding, Facility coding, March Webinar: 2021 Office Visit Coding Insights
February - Certification of home health services, COVID-19 diagnosis coding timeline, February webinar: 2021 Reimbursement with practice management expert, Elizabeth Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC
January - Conversion factor- again, Spotlight Resource: Additions to FAQ for E/M 2021 Guidelines, January webinar: 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule

2020

December - Final rule, Spotlight Resource: E/M 2021 Live Course, December webinar: Coding for Behavioral Health Services
November - Wellness visits, New resource: E/M 2021 live course, November webinar: 2021 CPT Changes
October - Documenting and coding observation services in 2021, CodingIntel site maintenance, Webinar: Update to CMS Teaching Physician Rules
September - CPT releases two new COVID-19 related codes, Webinar: Coding for Prolonged Services in 2021
August - CMS 2021 Proposed Physician Fee Schedule rule: Highlights, Webinar: CMS 2021 Proposed Physician Rule
July - What will CMS do?, Webinar: CPT E/M Changes Coming in 2021
June - An Overview of Behavioral Health and Telehealth
May - orrect POS for telephone call codes 99441--99443
April - A thank you from Betsy, article updates, April webinar: Medical Record Documentation: CMS Reducing the Burden
March - COVID-19 diagnosis coding on Medscape, March webinar: Telemedicine in the Time of COVID 19.
February - Global payments, February webinar: On-line digital services and remote monitoring
January - Diagnosis news in the news, UnitedHealthcare and 99285, January webinar: ICD-10 coding