Scientists from the University of Exeter has developed a precise method to interpret ankle blood pressure readings—an innovation that could transform care for people unable to have their arm blood pressure measured. By analyzing data from over 33,000 participants,...
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) maintains a database of all currently “excluded individuals and entities” (these are practitioners or companies that cannot bill Medicare because of some enforcement action) called the List of Excluded Individuals/Entities...
Hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions are often blamed for medically unpreventable pressure ulcers which began as tissue infarctions linked to hemodynamic factors in very sick patients. The companies that ensure these institutions are tired of paying...
After a Medicare claims data delay stalled release, practitioners may now review Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) final feedback and scores for the 2024 performance year. These scores affect 2026 payment adjustments. For instructions on how to review,...
My favorite book as a child was The Emperor’s New Clothes. I was fascinated by the idea that a large group of people would “go along” with something that was obviously not true based on what they could easily see with their own eyes. I often think of that story when...
Kathleen Schaum has a new article in Advances in Skin and Wound care: Exercise Caution: Before Asking and Answering Reimbursement Questions on the Internet. The purpose of her article is to point out the dangers of answering billing and coding questions without...