Healthcare Fraud Shield Industry-Wide Webinar** – January 31, 2024. Cinderella Surgery: A Fairytale for your Feet** Healthcare Payment & Revenue Integrity Congress South* – February 7-8, 2024. Healthcare Payment & Revenue Integrity Congress South...
What is Hernia? Hernia is when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue called fascia. There are several types of hernia including inguinal (inner groin), incisional (resulting from an incision), femoral (outer...
What is Vabysmo? According to the manufacturer (Genentech), VABYSMO (faricimab-svoa) is a prescription medicine given by injection into the eye, used to treat adults with Neovascular (Wet) Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD or nAMD) and Diabetic Macular Edema...
The Opioid epidemic continues to plague many individuals resulting in overdoses and in some cases death. According to the CDC, in 2020 almost 75% of drug overdoses were attributed to or involved an opioid. Opioid death rates (which included individuals prescribed and...
Prior to the 2023 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set, there were several codes specifically used for hospital observation services[1]: CPT 99217 (Observation discharge) 99218-99220 (initial observation care) 99224-99226 (subsequent observation care) All of...
