A new JAMA study shows that a new Medicare billing code may have benefited specialists more than the primary care physicians it was designed to help most.

There is still a feeling of excitement when you get something in the mail, or rather when you get something in the mail that is not a credit card bill. Unfortunately, credit cards, and paying for them ...

A new study published in JAMA found that a new Medicare add-on billing code boosted pay significantly for specialists. The study analyzed Medicare claims data from 2024, the first year that the G22111 ...

New billing-code rules for primary care physicians who treat Medicare patients will increase payments for medical services that are rendered outside of face-to-face office visits. New Medicare payment ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a second Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code to be used by laboratories for the testing and tracking of new cases of the ...

Medical-billing codes are unique letter-number combinations assigned to each diagnosis and intervention; they allow medical practitioners to invoice insurers and thus ensure revenue fuel for the US ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite the intent of the AMA and CMS, updates to frequently used billing codes led to “no meaningful changes” ...

The doctors’ association is blowing up the U.S.’ decades-old coding system for recording pregnancy services and starting fresh next year, bowing to calls from OB-GYNs and other maternity specialists.

Hospital emergency rooms are more likely to charge pricier levels of care than a decade ago, generating bigger bills that consumers increasingly must pay with their own money, according to a new ...