ArticleThe Impact of the Recent Supreme Court Ruling on the Dermatology Recruitment PipelineAuthor:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: June 13, 2024The 2023 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on the use of race-based criteria in college admissions may have implications fo...Read More
ArticleUnderstanding the Evaluation and Management Add-on Complexity CodeAuthor:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: May 7, 2024The add-on code G2211 went into effect on January 1, 2024, and can be applied to outpatient evaluation and management visits that fulfill certain c...Read More
ArticleCoding the “Spot Check”: Part 2Author:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: June 6, 2023In part 2 of this series, we describe how to best code an encounter that includes a “spot check” with other concerns.Read More
ArticleCoding the “Spot Check”: Part 1Author:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: May 2, 2023The updated outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) coding paradigm went into effect in January 2021, with level of visit being based on time or...Read More
ArticleHow to Effectively Utilize Consultation Codes: 2023 UpdatesAuthor:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: January 31, 2023Updates to the inpatient and outpatient consultation code families went into effect January 1, 2023.Read More
ArticleThe Final Rule for 2022: What’s New and How Changes in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Affect DermatologistsAuthor:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: February 7, 2022The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2022 final rule, which went into effect on January 1, 2022, contains updates affecting the p...Read More
ArticleAdvocacy Update: Is Your Practice Equipped to Handle Looming Changes in Dermatopathology?Author:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: November 8, 2021In July 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed fee schedule that will negatively impact practices that p...Read More
ArticleE/M Coding in 2021: The Times (and More) Are A-Changin’Author:Alexandra Flamm, MDPublish date: June 8, 2021Major revisions for commonly reported office and outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) codes were implemented on January 1, 2021, by the Ameri...Read More
