COVID-19 Vaccine Coding
November 20, 2020 | By Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CMRS, CMCS COVID-19 has been disrupting the healthcare environment for over a year now. Massive changes…
HIPAA compliance: Practices Face Big Fines For Not Getting Patients Requested PHI In Time
April 23, 2021 | By By Rachel Rose, JD, MBA Early in 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office for Civil Rights (HHS-OCR) announced…
Practice Management: Navigating Employment Agreements
April 16, 2021 | By Jesse Overbay, JD No matter who you are (auditor, physician-owner, or practice administrator), independent contractor agreements and employment agreements can be a major thorn in…
Information Blocking: Everything Providers Should Know to Ensure Compliance
April 9, 2021 | By Amanda Waesch In December 2016, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act (often simply called the “Cures Act”). Woven within the Cures Act is…
When Denials Attack: Outpatient E/M Services Denied with 2020 Rationale
April 2, 2021 | By J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC We now collectively find ourselves one calendar quarter into the new frontier of 2021 outpatient E/M services. Since January…