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Coronavirus Outbreak – Provider Telehealth Coding and Billing

In an effort to provide coding and billing assistance to Panacea’s clients and the provider community during this public health emergency, we have developed some general Telehealth coding and billing […]

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UPDATE: CMS and AMA payment and coding guidance for COVID-19

Panacea has summarized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) payment and coding updates being implemented during this public health emergency into the […]

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Coding and Reimbursement Highlights for 2020 IPPS, MPFS & OPPS

With the CMS Final Rule published there is a flurry of activity across the industry to come up to speed on the changes. In our experience though we’ve found that […]

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Recommendations to Providers on Price Transparency Priorities to Address Now

Read Unpacking CMS’ 2020 Proposed Expanded Rules for Hospital Price Transparency to gain a better understanding of the Proposed Rules for Hospital Price Transparency released by CMS on July 29, […]

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Unpacking CMS’ 2020 Proposed Expanded Rules for Hospital Price Transparency

On January 1, 2019 the Hospital Price Transparency Rule took effect mandating hospitals publish their price lists online in a machine-readable format. Hospitals complied by making their charge description master […]

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Panacea to Present on Pricing Transparency at HFMA Region 2 Fall Institute

Panacea experts will present at the 2019 HFMA Region 2 Fall Institute on how health systems can balance rational price development with the leading practices of healthcare consumerism. 

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Summary of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) payment and coding updates for Q4′ 2019

We’ve summarized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and American Medical Association (AMA) payment and coding updates being implemented October 1, 2019. The updates should be reviewed for […]

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Pricing Transparency is Here. What Now? What next?

On August 2, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that was intended to empower patients through better access to hospital price information.  Current […]

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Panacea Insights: Expert Thought Leadership for Today’s Challenges

Dear Healthcare Colleagues, Research shows that in moments of uncertainty, involving a significant decision, people rely on independent experts for help. We turn to someone who can help us wade […]

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Panacea Expands Services to Assist Hospitals in Meeting CMS Price Transparency Requirements

Panacea announces that new services will be offered in conjunction with its proven Hospital Zero-Base Pricing system to help clients better meet the CMS pricing transparency requirements.