There was also a significant reduction in total annual reimbursement for all procedures in 2020 compared to 2019 (P=0.0015). Stress echocardiogram, nuclear stress test, TEE, and TTE reimbursement decreased by 28.08%, 24.00%, 21.11%, and 15.79%, respectively.#Conclusions:The COVID-19 pandemic ...
For example, administrative coding of diagnoses and procedures may be affected by reimbursement incentives, random or systematic coding errors, or mismatches in diagnostic resolution of available codes versus diagnostic resolution in clinical practice; these potential biases may also fluctuate over time. ...