The 2027 Medicare Fee Schedule Is Already Being Written. Most Practices Won’t Look Until It’s Too Late.
By Elizaveta Bannova, Billing Department WCH, Educational Officer AAPC Every fall, the same thing happens. CMS releases the proposed Physician…
Category: Policy Updates
Who Owns the Codes Doctors Use to Get Paid?
For most medical practices, CPT codes aren’t controversial. They’re part of the daily routine. A physician performs a service, a…
Medicare Is Putting Certain Procedures Under a New Review System. Is Your Practice Ready?
For practices performing certain procedures for Original Medicare patients, a new payment checkpoint is already in place. The Centers for…
CMS Wants to Reduce Administrative Burden. Here’s What Practices Will Actually Have to Change
Every year CMS releases the Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, and every year the press release says roughly the same…
AI Didn’t Kill the Billing Job. It Changed What the Job Is.
Every few months another headline predicts that AI is coming for medical billing jobs. One announcement this week offers a…
CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule: What It Means for Providers
A practical briefing on CMS-1848-P for physicians, virtual care organizations, ACOs, RHCs/FQHCs, and revenue-cycle teams by Olga Khabinskay, Director of…
Northwell and Fidelis Are Out of Network — And Every Provider Should Be Paying Attention to Why
As of July 16, roughly 240,000 people in the New York metro area lost in-network access to Northwell Health, the…
The AMA’s SNOMED CT–to–CPT Mapping Initiative: An Analytical and Practical Review
By Elizaveta Bannova, Billing Department, WCH What Was Announced On July 14, 2026, the American Medical Association announced a new…