The Community Oncology Alliance said physicians could ... commercial payers will opt to follow CMS’ lead to simplify E/M coding. There has been a consensus among doctors that the current ...

Coding and documentation guidelines for E/M services were also revised for the ... Some specialties, such as rheumatology, hematology and medical oncology, will see up to a 16% increase in net ...

"Confusion regarding variations between multiple E&M guidelines and issues with medical necessity and documentation often leads to under-coded or over-coded services," said Adam Seymour, Alpha II ...

The Medicare physician fee schedule for 2013 includes a 26.5 percent pay cut based on the sustainable growth rate formula and a 7 percent reduction for radiation oncology services, according to ...

Bayer and NextRNA Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing transformative medicines to address long non-coding ... targets in oncology,” said Juergen Eckhardt, M.D., Head ...

WAILEA, Hawaii — Many sarcoma cases had inaccurate ICD-9/ICD-10 coding, which could affect ... results presented at the Connective Tissue Oncology Society Annual Meeting. Perspective from ...