What We’re Reading – Sometimes physician query is imperative
A staff member’s role is one of supporting the clinician. However, in the area of coding and billing, the perspective is more of collaboration as the employee must appropriately transfer the...
View ArticleICD-10 Implementation is not just Doom and Gloom
Doomsday predictions certainly abound – Heaven’s Gate, Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse – and they all came and went with a fizzle. ICD-10 has its own group of “end of the healthcare world as we know it”...
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading – Bilateral procedures and MUEs
Are you stumped on when to use modifier 50 instead of modifiers LT and/or RT for Medicare? Modifier 50 is defined as a bilateral procedure which is performed on both sides of the body in the same...
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading – Medicare E/M claims for new patients
Beginning on October 1, 2013, CMS will use a new claim edit to determine if more than one initial visit code was billed for a Medicare beneficiary within a three year period. This edit will also...
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading – Improve Clinical Documentation for ICD-10
Your administrative staff has probably hounded you for years to improve your documentation. With the ICD-10 transition around the corner on October 1, 2014, clinician documentation will be more...
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