Multi-physician gastroenterology practices lose $140,000 to $220,000 a year to billing errors, according to medical billing company ProMBS. The company says the losses come mostly from miscoding, not ...

Can you review the transition from global obstetric (OB) charges to E/M charging as of 2027: Will some patients have both a global fee closing out the 2026 care and then E/M billing to complete their ...

In tandem with ACOG’s newly released clinical guidance, Clinical Consensus 8: “Tailored Prenatal Care Delivery for Pregnant Individuals,” ACOG’s Committee on Health Economics and Coding along with the ...

HOUSTON — Brentwood Baptist Church is entering a new chapter in its history with the selection of Dr. Alexander E.M. Johnson as pastor-elect, following the retirement of longtime Senior Pastor Dr. Joe ...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan said it will push back the start date of its modifier 25 policy from May 1, according to a company statement and an April 15 provider alert posted by the Michigan ...

Maryland’s Insurance Administration has fined health insurance company Cigna $80,000 and ordered the insurer to immediately stop its automatic downcoding of evaluation and management, or E/M claims, a ...

The Georgia boys in R.E.M. are still missed, 15 years after they broke up. They rolled out of the South in the early Eighties, in a swirl of kudzu and guitar chime, defying all the corporate-rock ...

In the February 2026 edition of The Record, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) announced a significant reimbursement policy change affecting non-preventive evaluation and management (E/M) ...

This February, BCBS Michigan shared how it will cut reimbursement by 50% for nonpreventive evaluation/management services with modifier 25 that were billed on the same day as procedure codes with ...

Following feedback from the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS), several specialty societies, individual physicians, and others, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) has clarified their ...

Anthem Blue Cross of California is extending the pause on its upcoming evaluation and management claim downcoding policy until April, the insurer confirmed to Becker’s Feb. 27. A Feb. 23 news release ...