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…
Clear At Last? AMA Releases Clarifications to 2021 E/M Guidelines
March 26, 2021 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA If you thought some of the language in the 2021 E/M guidelines was confusing, you’re not the only one: The AMA has…
Bridging the Coding and Documentation Gap: Three Things Physicians Want You to Know
March 19, 2021 | By Jeannie Cagle, RN, BSN, CPC, Senior Manager, The Coker Group As is often the case, large organizations have teams of people who have particular…
Auditing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Services
March 12, 2021 | Aimee L. Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, Director of Content, innoviHealth Because deaths due to drug overdose is a nationwide epidemic, federal, state, and…
External Reviews are For More Than Proof of an Audit
March 5, 2021 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT When I begin to work with a new client on an auditing project, I like to set up a…
A New Element of MDM: Social Determinants of Health
March 26, 2021 | By Janee’ Black, CPC, COC, CPMA The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released changes to the current Evaluation and Management (E/M) documentation guidelines for the…