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Industry Alert: Urgent Care Named as Key Venue in Biden’s Vaccine Distribution Strategy

Industry Alert: The “National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness Report” just released by the White House lists urgent care as one of the recommended distribution venues for COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Coding in 2021: Properly Using New E/M Coding in the EMR to Regain Revenue

With the recent CMS coding changes, urgent care is feeling an impact. Join Dr. David Stern, Experity CEO, for a special webinar event where he’ll offer coding insights and answer questions applicable to urgent care providers, billers, and everyone in between.

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Use New ICD-10 Codes for Accurate Urgent Care Claims

Regulatory guidelines continue to change as urgent cares navigate through COVID-19 and new rules for coding visits. In this article we provide information on additional COVID-19 ICD-10 codes that just went into effect, the government’s efforts to alleviate provider burden, and tips for avoiding scams at your urgent care clinic.

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2021 E/M Coding FAQ with Experity’s RCM Compliance Manager

As the urgent care industry moves into 2021 with new E/M coding guidelines, making good decisions that have a positive impact on revenue will be tricky. Reference the guidance provided in this Q&A, and share it with your staff, to code visits with confidence in your urgent care clinic.

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An Overview of the 2021 E/M Coding Changes

Is your urgent care clinic prepared for the 2021 E/M coding changes? In this blog, we explain how the guidelines are changing and the top factors for selecting the proper codes.

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New CMS Interim Final Rule Affects Urgent Care Billing

Regulatory changes are a moving target in the era of COVID-19. In this month’s “3 Things to Know About RCM,” urgent care experts weigh in on how to make good choices when E/M coding in 2021, cybersecurity breaches in healthcare, and changes introduced in a new CMS Interim Final Rule that will affect billing, specifically related to COVID-19.

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Four tips to help urgent care clinics get ready for the 2021 E/M coding changes

The current E/M coding guidelines have been in effect for more than 25 years—despite the healthcare industry experiencing momentous change. That all changes in 2021 when medical decision making (MDM) and time become the primary factors for selecting the proper codes.

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Managing Provider Burnout: Tips for Physicians & Staff in the Urgent Care Setting

Over the last few months, urgent care has seen a 46% increase in visit volume nationwide. In addition, urgent care is administering 25% of all U.S. COVID-19 tests each week, more than 360,000 tests per day. The combination of this heavy foot traffic and the pandemic have resulted in providers carrying stress like never before.

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What Urgent Cares Need to Know about COVID-19 + Flu Season

Flu season is here, but it doesn’t look like what urgent cares are used to. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, urgent care clinics across have become the ideal solution for COVID-19 testing—seeing an unprecedented number of patients every day. What they’re not seeing, however, are many flu cases.

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Coding During the Public Health Emergency

Coding instructions are circulating regarding coding for COVID-19 and even laboratories are giving clinics incorrect coding information. Experity has provided the current coding information for diagnosis coding and laboratory testing. We will continue to update as changes occur.

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An Essential Guide to E/M Coding: Part 1

Since the beginning of 2020, urgent care has been riding a roller coaster. Flu season was at its peak in February; visit volume hit an all-time low in April; and today we're treating patients through a pandemic and testing for COVID-19 at rates we couldn't have imagined possible. And here we are--back at the cusp of flu season, but what will it look like in this new normal?

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Relationships Matter at WellFast Urgent Care

According to Dr. Manuel Delarosa, WellFast Urgent Care was “an experiment” started by two ER physicians in 2006 who were tired of overcrowded emergency departments. They wanted to provide a clinic where people could get quick, high-quality urgent care at a fraction of the cost of the emergency department.

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