For years, healthcare payers have treated note cloning—the practice of copying and pasting electronic health record (EHR) text—as a primary red ...

Medical billing and coding in 2026 are undergoing some of the most sweeping changes in years, with updates to ICD-10, CPT, and CMS payment rules. Practices face new documentation requirements, ...

The 2026 CPT® code set brings 418 changes, including hundreds of new, revised, and deleted codes impacting billing, compliance, and reimbursement. Medical coders, billers, and healthcare providers ...

Anthem Blue Cross of California is extending the pause on its upcoming evaluation and management claim downcoding policy until at least May 1, the insurer confirmed to Becker’s March 31. The ...

Anthem Blue Cross of California is extending the pause on its upcoming evaluation and management claim downcoding policy until April, the insurer confirmed to Becker’s Feb. 27. A Feb. 23 news release ...

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is expanding its claims review process to address what it is describing as potential overcoding among physicians who routinely bill for high-complexity visits.

Physician advocacy groups are urging Cigna to withdraw a new reimbursement policy that would automatically downcode high-level E/M claims, arguing it undermines clinical judgment and creates an unfair ...

R.e.m. Beauty, the beauty brand founded by Ariana Grande, has tapped André Branch as chief executive officer. “Having André join us here at R.e.m. has just been such an incredible gift and cosmic ...