July 14, 2023 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CEMC, CEMA, CPMA, CRTT This week’s tip is a different type, but one that will still be useful. I have been reflecting over the past few weeks- probably more like overthinking a well-lived life. I lost my beautiful mom on June 16 as her heart and…
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July 7, 2023 | By Victoria Moll, CPC, COC, CPMA, CRC, CPFC, CPRC, AAPC Approved Instructor, Fellow CEO, Contempo Coding It’s a frequent grievance heard in the healthcare sphere – patients walk in for their “no-cost” annual exam only to walk out with a bill for a separate office visit due to an existing…
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June 30, 2023 | By Sonal Patel, CPMA, CPC, CMC, ICDCM One of my favorite childhood memories includes learning how to paint. Messy and fun, fingerpainting and potato printing held my attention for years. As I got a little older, I marveled at how I could create masterpieces by using the “paint by numbers”…
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June 23, 2023 | By J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC We all knew that these days were on the horizon. Now that we find ourselves over a month after the expiration of the Public Health Emergency (PHE), audit activity from commercial and governmental payers, which picked up significantly in 2022, shows no signs of…
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June 16, 2023 | By Rhonda Buckholtz, Owner, Coding and Reimbursement Experts Cataract surgeries are the most commonly performed procedure in ophthalmology, and there are many nuances when auditing that you need to keep in mind. If you stay current on the legal cases that are published, you will see that co-management of cataract…
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