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Important healthcare developments, policy notices, and industry updates.
A patient can spend 30 minutes strengthening the hip, improving shoulder range of motion, or working through a graded exercise program and still leave…
A patient comes in for an injection. The medication is drawn up, given intramuscularly, and documented. On the claim, however, three separate questions appear:…
A patient may complete a depression questionnaire in the waiting room, answer an anxiety scale in the patient portal, or have a parent and…
A cardiology order may simply say “echo,” but that word is not enough to choose a CPT code. The coding decision depends on what…
CPT code 92507 has been one of the most familiar treatment codes in speech-language pathology for years. In 2026, it still serves as the…
A therapy note may say that a patient stood on foam, practiced weight shifting, used a balance board, worked on postural control, or performed…
Meningitis can begin with symptoms that resemble a severe viral illness—fever, headache, nausea, tiredness, or body aches—but some forms can become life-threatening within hours.…
The word neurodivergent appears increasingly in conversations about autism, ADHD, learning differences, sensory needs, school, work, and mental health. But being neurodivergent is not…
A patient undergoes a knee procedure, then returns to the same surgeon three weeks later for treatment of a new hand injury. The billing…
A patient arrives with chest pressure, an abnormal troponin result and an electrocardiogram that does not show persistent ST-segment elevation. The cardiology team diagnoses…