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By Kerin Draak The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, commonly referred to as ICD, is the international diagnosis classification set that ...

By Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D. (GA-11) It is estimated that one in every ten dollars spent within the health care system will be used on ...

By Franklin J. Rooks Jr., PT, MBA, Esq. Introduction As many physicians have concluded, out-of-network insurance benefits pay better than the prevailing in-network rates.  Some ...

By Patricia A. Costante Uncertainty has defined the healthcare industry ever since President Barack Obama won the 2008 election and pledged to help the uninsured ...

By Ron Nelson For years, HIPAA insisted on data privacy and security protections—and for years, those same requirements were ignored with relative impunity.  Last year’s ...

By Martha Swartz, M.S.S., J.D. As the number of clinical trials increase and physicians’ revenue declines, a growing number of physicians are considering participating in ...

By: Esther Chang, et. al. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its annual regulatory update to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (the ...

By Glenn Krauss The concept of medical necessity is all too familiar to most physicians in their daily practice of medicine, particularly in the routine ...

By Dena K. Mallin, CPC, PCS Over the last several months we have seen a continued rise in the denial rate for lack of medical ...

By Richard Montalbano For the first time in more than a decade, southeastern Pennsylvania will become the home of a new, state-of-the-art medical center.  Through ...