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Scanning the Unscannable: Improving Patient Flow in MRI
January 14th, 2019 - BC Advantage

Stay Ahead of your CEUs in 2019Get the latest webinars and earn over 24 CEUs each year included with your BC Advantage Magazine subscription. Latest Webinar: Scanning the Unscannable: Improving Patient Flow in MRI Presenter: Wendy Stirnkorb, President & CEO Stirnkorb Consulting, LLC Time: 46 Minutes Cost: $0.00 to all BC Advantage Magazine Subscribers CEUs: 1.0 On-demand: Watch 24/7 from work or ...

What is Virtual Communication (G0071)?
January 14th, 2019 - NAMAS

Beginning January 1st, 2019 all of our RHC and FQHC organizations have a new CPT code to consider implementing for their Medicare populous (check per Advantage Plan Administration for coverage). In its current form, this code is not reportable by organizations not meeting the RHC/FQHC designation. The code isG0071 and is termed ...

AMA Issues new CMT Information
January 14th, 2019 - Wyn Staheli, Director of Research

As many of you may already be keenly aware, there have been ongoing problems with many payers (e.g., BCBS of Ohio) regarding the appropriateness of reporting an E/M visit on the same day as CMT (CLICK HERE to read article). The AMA recently released an FAQ which renders their opinion ...

Nine New Codes for Fine Needle Aspirations (FNA)
January 4th, 2019 - Aimee Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CMHP, CST, MA, MT

If your practice performs a lot of fine needle aspirations (FNA), you probably have the code options memorized (10021 without image guidance and 10022 with image guidance). However, the 2019 CPT codes now include nine (9) new FNA codes (10004-10012), one deleted FNA code (10022) and one revised FNA code ...

Dry Needling
January 3rd, 2019 - Wyn Staheli, Director of Research

The correct coding of dry needling, also known as trigger point needling, has been a subject of confusion for quite some time. The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) have been working together for several years to obtain appropriate codes to describe this service. In ...

2019 Coding Changes for Chiropractic
January 3rd, 2019 - Wyn Staheli, Director of Research

The new year is upon us and so it’s time to double check and make sure we are ready. Those with Premium Membership can use the ChiroCode Online Library and search all the official code sets: ICD-10-CM, CPT, and HCPCS. It also includes the updated NCCI edits and RVUs for ...

Are You Ready For the 2019 New Codes
January 3rd, 2019 - Aimee Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CMHP, CST, MA, MT

Many articles have been published regarding the 2019 proposed Evaluation and Management coding changes but hopefully, you have taken the time to review those in detail and be ready for them. If not, here is a link to a Find-A-Code article written by Wyn Staheli (Director of Research) entitled, “Are You Ready ...