American Medical News Articles on Billing

Incorrect enrollment information on physicians participating in Medicare can lead to doctors losing billing privileges and inaccurate information being posted on the Physician Compare website.

A federal judge struck down a 1979 injunction that had prevented Medicare payment information identifying individual physicians from being released to the public.

A Medicare patient would be considered an inpatient after spending at least two midnights in the hospital if the CMS rule change is finalized.

The Medicare agency is probing whether physicians are using paperless systems to bill costlier services, but doctors say EHR complexity is the real problem.

Health care is experiencing a major overhaul, and practices face the brunt of the changes. Careful planning is needed to guide practices through it all.

A physician payment scorecard by an employer coalition also noted that a larger share of payments continues to go to specialists, not primary care doctors.

Beginning in 2014, McKesson’s test identifiers will be integrated with the AMA’s CPT coding system, according to the two organizations.

Physician practices must start using new diagnosis codes for billing patient services by Oct. 1, 2014.

WellPoint will unveil the commercial systems gleaned from reams of data digested by the “Jeopardy!” whiz.