Tag: billing

CMS has made some big CPT coding changes for long-term EEG monitoring. Skeptics worry about lower revenue streams and the need to cut staff but a neurodiagnostic technologist and coding expert we talked to has a considerably more optimistic view.

Remember the last time you went to the beach or the lake? Did you run and throw yourself into the water, or did you slowly wade in? Perhaps you are of the first type, and after hearing that 2017 is the year to start preparing for MACRA (Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015),…

Medicare reimbursements are down, making it necessary for neurologists to see more patients to maintain their income levels. Add to that the requirements of electronic health records and paperwork of varying sources, and it seems like a cruel joke. You have to work more each year just to keep from falling behind. Could physician assistants…