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PODCAST: Hospital Pricing Transparency on the Horizon.

Frederick Stodolak, Chief Executive Officer at Panacea, joined the ICD10 Monitor Monday Special Report to discuss CMS Price Transparency  and what providers need to know.

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The Devil’s in the Details of the New Hospital Price Transparency Rules

Raising sufficient general awareness of the new federal hospital price transparency rules set to take effect in just a little more than three months isn’t so much an issue anymore […]

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Looming Price Transparency Rule Changes Creating Daunting Challenges for Providers

Federal health officials’ November 2019 announcement of sweeping changes to the rules governing hospital pricing transparency came with an admission that didn’t mince words – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]

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PODCAST: Price Transparency: What hospitals might be missing in preparing for the Jan 1, 2021 deadline.

On September 23, 2020, Greg Adams was interviewed on the HFMA Voices in Healthcare Finance Podcast.  Listen to the segment.

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CMS and AMA Fourth Quarter 2020 Coding Updates: Panacea Summary and Recommendations

Our revenue integrity team continually monitors announcements by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) to bring you the most current and up-to-date […]

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Panacea Special Edition / Laboratory Services Update During COVID-19 PHE

Panacea’s consultants have been closely monitoring both Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and American Medical Association (AMA) published guidance for newly created codes for billing during the COVID-19 […]

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UPDATE: Billing for Hospital Outpatient Services During the COVID-19 PHE

On July 28, 2020, CMS released a new FAQ for Hospital Billing for Remote Services (Section LL) and expanded the FAQ for Outpatient Therapy Services (Section MM) in the COVID-19 […]

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Are You Reconciling Your Laboratory Orderables to Your Chargemaster? A How-To in 4 Steps

Over the last several months we’ve seen an uptick in requests from clients nationwide for help reconciling laboratory orderables to chargemasters. In case you’re in this same boat, we wanted […]

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Panacea Healthcare Solutions Announces New Software and Service to Help Providers Comply with CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule

ST. PAUL, Minn.—February 27, 2020. Panacea Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a company specializing in healthcare coding, compliance, pricing software, and consulting services, announced today that it has developed and launched new […]

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Coding and Billing Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Coding and Billing Resources for Coronavirus COVID-19 Important information that provides current coding and billing updates from all of the regulatory agencies for our clients and the provider community during […]