Look around your practice or facility’s waiting room. Are there patients reading texts on their phones? If they are looking at messages they have received from your provider, your office may be in violation of
Look around your practice or facility’s waiting room. Are there patients reading texts on their phones? If they are looking at messages they have received from your provider, your office may be in violation of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.
If you think
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Prep now for the pivotal role of ICD-10 coding in your SNF’s financial future with expert guidance to hone your diabetes reporting.
With the implementation of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) fast approaching, now’s the time to prioritize your ICD-10 training, as proper diagnostic coding will
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Need expert help for pain-free pain management coding?
A diagnosis for the cause of a patient’s pain isn’t always possible, and pain treatment varies widely from physician to physician. These two traits make pain management unique among medical specialties, which can make pain management coding uniquely
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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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