The 2021 Evaluation and Management Changes to the Office and Other Outpatient categories was the beginning of many changes to streamline physician documentation and coding, and eliminate “note bloat”.
 
The 2023 CPT will continue to address facility categories of Evaluation and Management including Inpatient Hospital, Observation, Nursing Facility, Home or Residence Services and deletes codes in the Observation, Domiciliary, Rest Home and Assisted Living sites of service.
 
There are new Prolonged Services Codes, and new guidelines for their use.
 
Important changes will be made when a patient is admitted to the hospital in the course of an encounter in another site.  The longstanding “One E/M per patient per day” rule has been updated. 
 
Plan to schedule a webinar or onsite group training this fall.  Call us today to schedule a time for your providers, billers, coders, administrators, and clinical staff.  Everyone in your practice should know about these changes.
 

Unfortunately until further notice CPC courses are being discontinued.  Due to the rising cost of running the class and a low number of students, we are are not able to continue offering the classes.  Contact your local AAPC chapter for a list of classes or exams in your area.  Thanks for your understanding.  

The public health emergency caused by COVID-19 has made planning and carrying out live, instructor-led coding courses incredibly difficult.  The 2020 Spring course was interrupted by the public health emergency, and ultimately was postponed to the fall.  The 2020 Fall course just recently wrapped up after it was shuffled around a bit due accommodate state shut-downs.  With the New Year, we have had a lot of questions about whether the Spring 2021 class will go on as planned.  We have decided not to run a Spring course this year.  We may still opt to put on a Fall course in September.  If not, we may decide to move the Fall course to online-only, or postpone it altogether.
 
Sorry for the inconvenience to all those who have expressed interest this year, but thank you for your understanding.

Nancy Enos was recently a guest on a podcast that is available now!  This podcast is for medical practices to address CMS Telehealth rules for the current COVID - 19 event. For more information visit http://covid19.libsyn.com/website
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Click here for a list of 2020 Covered Telehealth CPT Codes
Click here for our COVID-19 FAQ

Enos Medical Coding has been working closely with MGMA and payers to bring timely and accurate education to providers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
 
Practices using Telemedicine codes and portals to communicate with their patients can now take advantage of the Outpatient Evaluation and Management codes, and level of reimbursement, as a result of the 1135 waivers issued by HHS Secretary Azar on March 17, 2020.  Learn how to document and code under the rules allowed under this new legislation.  Understanding the documentation requirements is essential to capturing increased revenue for your practice.
 
“Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic” is a one-hour live webinar. Enos Medical Coding is available to schedule with your practice. We offer flexible times, such as evenings or weekends, to provide this easy to understand webinar to your group. Individuals can sign up above on this page to join scheduled live webinars.  We are also available to provide onsite education to your practice as requested. 
 
Disclaimer:   This is information is from CMS for  Medicare patients only. Other insurance carriers may or may not follow the same rules.  The information contained here is only in effect while there is a Governmental State of Emergency and once that is lifted that the previous rules and regulations will go back into effect. Enos Medical Coding does not provide legal advice.  Changes to practice policies and procedures should be discussed with your legal counsel and malpractice carrier at your discretion.
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