A trained workforce is your best defense against unintentional — and intentional — PHI exposure.
Ransomware takedowns populate news headlines, but many health IT breaches result from staff activities. Whether an employee accidentally discloses protected
A trained workforce is your best defense against unintentional — and intentional — PHI exposure.
Ransomware takedowns populate news headlines, but many health IT breaches result from staff activities. Whether an employee accidentally discloses protected health information (PHI) or deliberately sets out to harm your
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Denial management is critical to preserving your bottom line.
Coding errors accounted for 8.7 percent of improper payments made by Medicare in 2018, which cost over $2.75 billion. To avoid costly denials and potential payback demands, it’s essential to review code guidelines before submitting your claims.
If
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Due to overwhelming stakeholder feedback — much of it negative — the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decided to stagger its overhaul of E/M documentation, coding, and payment policies over the course of two years, with only a handful of revisions for this
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Coding for cerumen (earwax) removal is going to get a whole lot easier in 2016.
Reason: CPT® is introducing 69209 (Removal impacted cerumen using irrigation/lavage, unilateral). This code will allow you to code for encounters when your provider removes impacted cerumen using irrigation or lavage. Previous
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“Am I at risk?” This question comes up so often when I am approached at conferences by practice managers and physicians. Many in the healthcare industry have a sense of dread when thinking about what could happen if they are targeted for a government audit
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One of your full-time physicians goes on vacation – or sabbatical or maternity leave. Your practice employs a locum tenens (lt) to fill in for the missing physician.
No problem, until you try to bill for the substitute physician’s services with Medicare – or payers who
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