Josef S. Smolen, MD, led the way for outcomes measures and a scientifically based training program
Coding Corner Question
Decembers’s Coding Challenge
Coding Corner Answer
Decembers’s Coding Challenge Answer
Clean Claims Equal Prompt Payment
Submitting a clean Medicare reimbursement claim the first time can save your practice thousands of dollars each year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defines a clean claim as “a submitted patient claim form without any defect or need for substantiation.”
Is Your Office Lab Up to Par?
Rheumatology practices with laboratory testing facilities in their offices can offer important benefits to patients and physicians. During their care of patients with musculoskeletal and rheumatic diseases, rheumatologists may order many tests, including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, synovial fluid analysis, complete blood count, fecal occult test, and urinalysis. While the prompt receipt of test results and the capability to evaluate specimens in the office directly improves efficiency, it is important to remember that offices must be certified to perform laboratory testing, particularly high-complexity tests such as the analysis of synovial fluids.
Rheumatology Stakeholders Talk Quality
ACR urged to accelerate efforts to develop quality indicators
Rheumatology’s Mentor
Halsted R. Holman, MD, couples a stellar career with a knack for helping others achieve their potential
Coding Corner Question
November’s coding challenge
Coding Corner Answer
November’s coding answer
Fraud and Abuse: What’s the Difference?
Each year, fraud and abuse cost the Medicare and Medicaid programs billions of dollars. What is the difference between fraud and abuse? The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services define fraud and abuse as two different offenses…
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