Panacea Now Offering Physician and Coder E&M Training Ahead of Implementation of New Guidelines, effective Jan 1, 2021.

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Panacea Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a company specializing in healthcare coding compliance software and consulting services, is introducing a comprehensive yet concise training program with optional coding and documentation quality review, tailored to fit healthcare provider’s specific needs, as a method to help them prepare for a sweeping set of changes in evaluation and management (E&M) guidelines set to take effect at the start of 2021. The training is designed for physicians, coders, and other qualified healthcare professionals who provide E&M services in a clinic or other outpatient setting. Read more

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PODCAST: Hospital Pricing Transparency on the Horizon.

Frederick Stodolak, Chief Executive Officer at Panacea, joined the ICD10 Monitor Monday Special Report to discuss CMS Price Transparency  and what providers need to know.

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The Devil’s in the Details of the New Hospital Price Transparency Rules

Raising sufficient general awareness of the new federal hospital price transparency rules set to take effect in just a little more than three months isn’t so much an issue anymore – industry leaders have been sounding alarm bells for much of the year, and even members of the public at large became well aware of the matter after the initial announcement generated plenty of national headlines in November 2019.
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Looming Price Transparency Rule Changes Creating Daunting Challenges for Providers

Federal health officials’ November 2019 announcement of sweeping changes to the rules governing hospital pricing transparency came with an admission that didn’t mince words – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma called the applicable former rules “clear as mud” to patients, while U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar admitted that “right now, our system probably deserves an ‘F.’”
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PODCAST: Price Transparency: What hospitals might be missing in preparing for the Jan 1, 2021 deadline.

On September 23, 2020, Greg Adams was interviewed on the HFMA Voices in Healthcare Finance Podcast.  Listen to the segment.

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CMS and AMA Fourth Quarter 2020 Coding Updates: Panacea Summary and Recommendations

Our revenue integrity team continually monitors announcements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) to bring you the most current and up-to-date coding and billing information. Since our last quarterly update, CMS and AMA have been actively publishing new information that hospitals and providers will need to review to ensure that claims coding and billing are appropriate, based upon the timing of the implementation for these updates.

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