WASHINGTON — For decades, politicians have blamed the country’s biggest doctor lobby for some of the health care systems ...

The medical coding landscape has shifted dramatically with the 2026 CPT updates, introducing 288 new codes and revising hundreds more across critical specialties like radiology, pathology, and ...

Q1 2026 earnings call: new SRT CPT codes boost reimbursement and pipeline, while revenue shifts to recurring models.

Add-on code 0172T is used for the insertion of posterior spinous process distraction device (including necessary removal of bone or ligament for insertion and imaging guidance), lumbar; each ...

The 2026 CPT code set introduces 288 new codes, 84 deletions, and 46 revisions, with a focus on precision, AI-augmented services, and evolving care models. Tighter coding rules and payer scrutiny mean ...

• Sequence CPT codes on claims from highest to lowest RVUs for those other payors with which your facility is contracted who do not go by payment groupers or with whom your facility does not have a ...

Freed, the AI clinical documentation platform serving 26,000+ clinicians, today announced Coding Assistant, an AI tool that helps independent practices capture accurate reimbursement from every ...

Often, a physician will decide to perform a subchondroplasty during arthroscopic joint surgery to treat subchondral bone defects (microfractures). A version of this article was first published April 1 ...

Criteria used by payers to determine how to code and support the use of various genomic profiling assays used in oncology. Bruce Feinberg, DO: Before we get to billing, whether it was 50, 150, or 500 ...

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Q1 2026 earnings call: revenue grew 1.6% but guidance was cut on coding/reimbursement and WISeR delays—get key takeaways now.