Tag: Documentation Guidelines

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Cigna Updates Modifier 25 Reimbursement Policy

Find out what you must do to get significant, separately identifiable E/M services paid. The Cigna Group recently updated its reimbursement policy for modifier 25. Effective May 25, if you are billing this health insurance company for an evaluation and management (E/M) service and a minor procedure, you may need to do more than append […]
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Evolving E&M Documentation: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed

Providers today are stuck using outdated templates, leaving ample room for improvement. Let’s take a retrospective look at evaluation and management (E&M) services—examining what we had, what we have now, and what lies ahead. Before the implementation of the 2021 documentation guideline (DG) changes, many providers relied on templates built around outdated office-based documentation requirements […]
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New Billing Basics for Telemedicine

Betsy Nicoletti, MS, a nationally recognized coding expert, will take your coding questions via email and provide guidance on how to code properly to maximize reimbursement. Have a question about coding? Send it here. In this column, Nicoletti outlines some key guidance for using telemedicine. These rules would apply during the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
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