GENCO HEALTHCARE​ MANAGEMENT MEDICARE COMPLIANCE, AUDITS, MEDICAL BILLING

The International Classification of Diseases, “ICD Codes” were originally developed to track how people died. In 1948, just after the creation of the World Health Organization, a committee was put together to establish one version to represent all countries. Subsequently ICD codes were used to track diseases and injuries and to find patterns that might show an epidemic could be coming, as well as to track the general health of people. Today ICD codes are not only used for thi

It is each Medicare provider’s responsibility to read and fully understand the rules and regulations that have been established for their specialty in Local Coverage Determination (LCD’s) and other official communications. In the event of an audit or other review of your claims, it is prudent for a practice owner to expect that Medicare’s auditors will follow these policies to the letter; in every case. The old adage “If you did not write it, you did not do it” clearly appl

MEDICARE THERAPY CAP FOR 2014 On December 26, 2013, President Obama signed into law the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013. This new law prevents a scheduled payment reduction for physicians and other practitioners who treat Medicare patients from taking effect on January 1, 2014. The new law also extends several provisions of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Job Creation Act) as well as provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the follo