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Newsletter Archives

2021

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, Audio only telehealth services, June webinar: Care management services

May

Correct 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

2019

December 

Problem-oriented visit on the day of a preventive medicine service, December webinar: CPT Changes in 2020 

November 

Certainty, NCD/LCD Search- replies to my request, November Webinar- 2020 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule 

October 

Telemedicine- Can You Get Paid?, RAC Monitor NCDs LCDs, Scoring MDM for Office Visits in 2021 Webinar

September 

New CPT codes and HCPCS codes for 2020, Overview of 2021 E/M changes, GYN office procedures webinar 

August 

E/M for 2021, Proposals in the 2020 proposed rule, Principles of documentation, Webinar news

July 

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring,  New and established patients, CPT® coding for colonoscopy, E/M CPT® changes for 2021 

June

CMS looking for your feedback, Behavioral Health (June webinar), Can I get paid to…, When a payer comes calling

May

Modifier 51? Modifier 59?, Speaking of Search, Percentage of physicians employed grows, May webinar

April

E/M, incident to, April webinar, and Analysis of 2018 CERT report

March

HCC search tools, Telephone rapport course, Coding for inpatient and observation services, Calling all general surgeons and general surgery coders and billers!

February

Coding for skin procedures, Specialty page launch, and Surprising E/M frequency data

January 

E/M documentation changes, Frequently read, and Critical care webinar

2018

December

Best CPT® resources, CPT® changes for 2019, What’s happening in your practice?, Virtual Communication, HCPCS codes

November

2019 Physician Final Rule, Price transparency, Lost EMR data, Screening or monitoring test and more…

September

Diagnosis coding for screening tests, Not all publicity is good publicity, Care Management Webinar, Dealing with difficult people, and more…

August

Diagnosis coding changes, ICD-10 changes for Oct. 1, HCC changes V22 to V23, What you need to know about the HCC model, 7 Services PCPs forget to bill

July

Big news from CMS, Webinar on proposed rule for 2019

June

Are you current on risk adjusted diagnosis coding?, Two webinars…two CEUs, Kaiser Health bill of the month, Updated Psychiatry Billing Guide, In case you missed it – CPT® 90750

May

New vaccine for shingles, IPPE, AWV’s, TCM, CCM…, Two webinars in June

April

Denials and delays, Changes to the documentation guidelines, Telemedicine

March

Aetna investigated, Anthem backs down, ACOG monthly coding emails, CodingIntel News!

February

OB visits and the global period, Surveillance colonoscopy | Is it Screening or diagnostic?, HCPCS prolonged servicescodes G0513, G0514 for wellness visits

January

Keep current, Letter to the editor, Save the date

 

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Our mission is to provide accurate, comprehensive, up-to-date coding information, allowing medical practices to increase revenue, decrease coding denials and reduce compliance risk. That's what coding knowledge can do.

In 1988, CodingIntel.com founder Betsy Nicoletti started a Medical Services Organization for a rural hospital, supporting physician practice. She has been a self-employed consultant since 1998. She estimates that in the last 20 years her audience members number over 28,400 at in person events and webinars. She has had 2,500 meetings with clinical providers and reviewed over 43,000 medical notes. She knows what questions need answers and developed this resource to answer those questions. For more about Betsy visit www.betsynicoletti.com.

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