The Senate passed legislation last week to extend the pause on the 2% sequestration reduction through December 31, 2021. The house is expected to take up the bill the week of April 13, 2021, when it returns for a session after the holidays. It is fully expected that the bill will be passed through the
As we learned earlier this week, there has been a push for approval from the FDA for emergency use of a COVID vaccine. On the heels of the news, the AMA announced new CPT codes for each of the two COVID vaccines as well as administration codes for each vaccine. Releasing the CPT codes ahead
As tradition always had it, workers would clock in at their jobs at 9am and clock out at 5 pm. Sometimes, there would be instances in which the employees would be required to come into work early or stay late. With the advent of technology, however, the world evolved and came closer together. People were
Medical coding is the transformation of healthcare diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment into universal medical alphanumeric codes. The diagnosis and procedure codes are taken from medical record documentation, such as transcription of physician’s notes, laboratory and radiologic results, etc. But why we do need medical coding? Shouldn’t it be enough to list the symptoms,