by Medical Management Institute | Feb 21, 2020 | MMI Blog, Physician
With clinician reimbursement, a high quality of evaluation and management documentation is needed. E/M services are the most vulnerable to billing errors due to the complication of selecting the proper code for the level of service if the documentation is not there.... 
by Medical Management Institute | Feb 14, 2020 | MMI Blog
Although a job-hopping mentality has become more and more common, smart organizations recognize this mentality and have countermeasures to create more of a growth-centered atmosphere where employees can grow and advance within their organization. This not only... 
by Medical Management Institute | Feb 7, 2020 | Evaluation & Management, MMI Blog
For the first time since 1997, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) have decided to significantly alter documentation requirements for the coding and bill of evaluation and management (E/M) visit codes. These... 
by Medical Management Institute | Jan 31, 2020 | Coding Updates, MMI Blog
In September 2019, the American Medical Association (AMA) announced the release of the 2020 Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code set. This code set contains identifiers and descriptors assigned to each surgical, medical, and diagnostic service available to... 
by Medical Management Institute | Jan 23, 2020 | Healthcare in the News, MMI Blog
The breaking news this week is a man in Washington State is infected with the Wuhan coronavirus. This is the first confirmed case in the United States of the respiratory infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that it has killed at... 