Codes, Coverage & Capitol Hill: Fighting for CAR-T and other cell and gene therapies with Jugna Shah

Listen to the episode here.   We all get excited—and rightfully so—at the rapid advance of clinical medicine. New treatments, therapies, and drugs save lives. But when you work in the revenue cycle, you know that payment mechanisms can significantly lag new technologies.   When codes don’t exist, or reimbursement is woefully inadequate, you have…

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Experts pitch obesity diagnosis overhaul, could alter CDI and coding work

By Brian Murphy   There’s a new international effort afoot to revise the way physicians diagnose obesity.   A clinical study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology Journal, “Definition and Diagnostic Criteria of Clinical Obesity,” posits that obesity should be more than just high BMI, and recommends other measures including waist circumference, direct fat…

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Commit to trying new things (even just one) in 2025

By Brian Murphy   Happy New Year! What resolutions are you hoping to implement in 2025?   If you’re looking for some inspiration and ideas I recommend listening to my current episode of Off the Record (see link below). I take the top five lessons culled from a great lineup of guests and share them…

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