MEDICARE COST OF LIVING INCREASE
by AJ Riviezzo Sadly, that is NOT what is happening. While the government and the public are well aware of the cost of goods and services increasing over the past years, apparently physicians should bear the burden while being paid… Read More
PROTECTION FROM HACKERS
by AJ Riviezzo Recently, one of our own, the Center for Vein Restoration (CVR), made national news. It was, unfortunately, not for anything positive. Per news reports CVR was hacked in early October. More than 400,000 individuals had their data stolen which may… Read More
AVLS Annual Congress
by AJ Riviezzo AJ and Marcy will be attending the 2024 AVLS Annual Congress in Chicago this October 10th through the 13th. Our booth hours will be from noon to two-thirty Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Please stop by and say hello (or… Read More
CODING FOR SCLEROSAFE™
by AJ Riviezzo CPT coding for a new product is always an interesting process with opportunities to create real difficulties for the rendering physician. It is important to be careful with new product coding. Many may recall the difficulties and recoupments that… Read More
NEW UNITED POLICY CHANGES
by AJ Riviezzo United Healthcare (UHC) has put out a new policy effective July 1, 2024 (policy number 2024T0447NN). There are a few significant changes in the policy. The first major change is vein size. UHC has joined Medicare and most other… Read More
REQUEST FOR TOPICS
by AJ Riviezzo We try to come up with information that would be of interest to our readers. We seem to succeed at times. Other times, perhaps not as much. If there is a topic you would like addressed, please let us… Read More
UNITED HEALTHCARE POLICY CHANGES
by AJ Riviezzo United Healthcare just came out (on 4/1/2024) with a new Clinical UM Guideline effective April 1, 2024. Nice of them to give everyone notice! Noted below are some of the guidelines for this new policy (2024T0447MM) and the changes… Read More
CHANGE HEALTHCARE AND IMPACT
by AJ Riviezzo When all of this started with Change Healthcare (the United Health clearinghouse) being ransomware/hacked, I hesitated in writing anything as the issues seemed dynamic and ever changing. A few things are pretty clear now. Change has not been… Read More
ANTHEM POLICY CHANGES
by AJ Riviezzo Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield just came out with a new Clinical UM Guideline effective April 10, 2024. While you may not be in a state with Anthem, the odds are good that some Anthem patients will… Read More
WHY DID THEY CLOSE?
by AJ Riviezzo Over the past five years I have worked with some practices that have closed their doors. It is a painful decision for the practice and the physician owner in particular. I am frequently asked why a practice may have… Read More