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09/15/2025

Floridians braces for rising health insurance premiums

https://thesuncoastnews.com/2025/09/floridians-braces-for-rising-health-insurance-premiums/

Floridians braces for rising health insurance premiums

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09/09/2025

Florida family claims nursing home kept billing for empty room after mom died

A Hillsborough County family said a nursing home continued to bill for a room at the facility after their mom died.

08/18/2025

Diagnosing Radiculopathies Through History & Observation

MRI is currently the gold standard for identifying radicular pathology in the upper and lower extremities. Unfortunately, MR imaging requires preauthorization, which isn’t easy to obtain.

08/14/2025

FY 2026 ICD-10-PCS In Review

Highlights and rationales for new inpatient procedure codes. There are 156 new codes, one revised code, and 27 deleted codes in the fiscal year (FY) 2026 Highlights and rationales for new inpatient procedure codes.

08/14/2025

2025-2026 Flu Vaccine Payment Amounts Now Available

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted, Aug. 13, the Medicare Part B payment allowance limits for the 2025-2026 season influenza Medicare Part B payment allowance limits for the 2025-2026 season influenza (flu) vaccines.

08/14/2025

Weighing Privilege for Internal Coding Reviews

https://icd10monitor.medlearn.com/weighing-privilege-for-internal-coding-reviews/

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It’s virtually axiomatic that if you’re performing a review of your coding, the review should be done under attorney-client privilege. I have said this before on Monitor Mondays and written about it here. But increasingly, I believe that I was wrong, and most coding reviews should not be done un...

08/14/2025

Avoiding AI-Driven Upcoding: How Providers Can Embrace Innovation Without Inviting Audits

https://icd10monitor.medlearn.com/avoiding-ai-driven-upcoding-how-providers-can-embrace-innovation-without-inviting-audits/

The future of healthcare is undeniably intertwined with artificial intelligence (AI). But for all its promise, AI has become a double-edged scalpel – especially when it comes to billing in federal healthcare programs. A recent Reuters Legal News analysis highlighted a $23 million False Claims Act ...

08/13/2025

Sarasota Memorial Hospital expands plans for North Port's first hospital

https://thesuncoastnews.com/2025/08/sarasota-memorial-hospital-expands-plans-for-north-ports-first-hospital/