April 22, 2022 | By Grant Huang, CPMA, CPC You’ve taken the time to complete a painstaking audit of a provider, combing through their documentation on an EHR or maybe even navigating through a handful of handwritten notes. You’ve calculated their score – it doesn’t look too good – and now it’s time for…
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The 2023 AMA documentation guidelines hit us on June 30th -and I’ve had a chance to read through them. I want to remind you that while we have the AMA changes, we don’t yet have the final rule from CMS. We don’t know how CMS is going to process all of these changes. As you’re…
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July 15, 2022 | By J. Paul Spencer, CPC, COC Chances are, based on who we are and what we do, we’ve all been there. Out of nowhere, completely out of context of our day-to-day work as auditors and administrative professionals in the world of healthcare, a conversation is started with someone who is…
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July 8, 2022 | By Terry Fletcher, BS, CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMSCS, ACS-CA, SCP-CA, QMGC, QMCRC, QMPM According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office of Inspector General website, things have changed in regard to the controversial question of mandatory compliance plans. The Federal Register…
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July 1, 2022 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT After all the hype surrounding the upcoming Cigna policy regarding modifier 25 and pre-bill reviews, it seems as if Cigna is not planning on implementing the policy as planned on August 14, 2022. At the time I am writing this, there is recent news…
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