The proposed new Medicare billing codes in the proposed Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) for 2025 include three specific codes for digital mental health treatment (DMHT) relating to professional services ...

Medical professionals and healthcare facilities must complete different forms when billing for the services they provide. These are not forms you need to complete yourself. Claim form CMS-1500 is for ...

Question: Whenever I read about Medicare and insurance products I feel like they are speaking a language I don’t understand. How can I learn this stuff to make a good decision? The language that we ...

Clinicians in nursing homes and other settings are underutilizing new codes that allow them to provide and bill for training ...

Digital therapeutics have significantly improved access to care for many patients, while delivering consistent clinical outcomes across a wide range of conditions. However, despite the potential these ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added several new oral health billing codes for Medicare, and one U.S. legislator wants states notified so they consider making similar ...

CMS has announced it will begin reimbursing for four new Q codes effective for claims with dates of service on or after July 1. The new codes have an MPFSDB status indicator of E. CMS also announced ...

Federal agencies have introduced updates to HIPAA guidance, Medicare payment policies, and medical coding standards for 2026, bringing new privacy protocols, reimbursement formulas, and code sets. The ...

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