by Karen Weintraub | Jan 10, 2023 | Blog
What is Crisis Psychotherapy? Crisis Psychotherapy is a session that occurs between the provider and the patient due to a life-threatening or highly complex issue that requires immediate attention.[1] According to the coding guidelines, “Psychotherapy for crisis is an...
by Karen Weintraub | Jan 9, 2023 | Blog
This article delves into modifier 63, a key piece for dealing with the smallest patients, infants weighing less than 4 kg. Modifier 63 addresses the additional time, complexities, and challenges of treating infants under 4kg or about 8.8 pounds. To put this in...
by Karen Weintraub | Oct 25, 2022 | Blog
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...
by Karen Weintraub | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog
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...
by Karen Weintraub | Oct 4, 2022 | Blog
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...
