Prepare Now for Gray Areas in 2021 E/M Rules
October 23, 2020 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA It’s not even 2021 yet, but gray areas have already surfaced in the 2021 E/M documentation guidelines, as more and…
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Focus Providers on Clinically Relevant History and Exam, and Concise Medical Decision Making
October 16, 2020 | By Scott Kraft, CPMA, CPC It’s fair to say the 2021 changes to the E/M documentation guidelines ease the documentation burden on the rendering provider…
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Audits Based on PHE Changes Are Coming — Are You Prepared?
October 9, 2020 | Aimee L. Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, Director of Content, innoviHealth If you are an active coder or auditor, you are likely keenly aware…
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Identity Theft: You’re Not That Busy…
October 2, 2020 | By Nicholas Goodwin, Esq. “How did that meeting go with the bank?” John asked, stopping by Dan’s door on his way to his office down…
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The devil is in the data: A detailed look at MDM changes for 2021
September 25, 2020 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA With two key components of E/M level selection – the history and physical exam – being eliminated as factors for…
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Understanding MDM in 2021 – Part 3: The Sky is Falling!
September 18, 2020 | By Pam Vanderbilt, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CEMC, CEMA, CEMA-O One of my favorite bedtime stories, when I was younger, was Chicken Little. Part of…
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Understanding MDM in 2021 — Part 2: Ready for Launch?
September 11, 2020 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CPC-1, CPMA, CEMC, CMSCS Living in the “Florida’s Space Coast” we are quite attuned to hearing launch references- and we can…
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Understanding MDM in 2021 – Part 1
September 4, 2020 | By Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CMRS, CMCS Is anybody not aware of the Evaluation and Management (E/M) changes coming in January 2021?…
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The Peril of Policies
August 28, 2020 | By David Glaser, JD For the compliance-oriented, there is something rewarding about developing policies. It feels like an accomplishment, demonstrable proof of a desire to…
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OIG HHS Audits Resuming
August 21, 2020 | By Jesse Overbay, JD On March 13, 2020, the President of the United States issued an emergency declaration under the Stafford Act to declare a…
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