Urgent Care Blog

Cigna and Aetna are drawing provider backlash for new payment policies that reduce reimbursements. Cigna is automatically "downcoding" six Evaluation...

In the last few years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has accelerated its long-term effort to strengthen...

Clinics need to find new streams of revenue to compensate for a fluctuating business environment. Here are three ways you...

In urgent care, speed has always been the measure of success. Visit volumes, throughput, and door-to-door times dominate the conversation...

The financial and reputational health of an urgent care practice depends on one simple principle: bill accurately and compliantly. Yet...

In anticipation of possible Congressional action, CMS has instructed all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to continue to temporarily hold claims...

To all providers:  On May 14, 2025, four PO boxes changed from the processing center in St. Louis, MO, to...

NCCI Alert: COVID-19 Vaccine Administration Edit Revision  Some providers may have 90480 claims denied when billed in conjunction with G0008,...

In the absence of a federal budget bill or continuing resolution, the government shut down on October 1, 2025, many...

A contentious question is stirring in healthcare: Should nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) be allowed to interpret X-rays?...

Imagine a patient calling your urgent care clinic — and no one answers. Unfortunately, this isn’t rare. Nearly half of...

For combination tests that are read visually, CPT code 87812 QW will be effective January 1, 2026. Until then, laboratories may bill CPT...