February 11, 2022 | Aimee L. Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, Director of Content, innoviHealth How have you felt when you embarked upon an audit, expecting to find certain basic standards of documentation to be present, but instead found them missing? Do you pull out your favorite red pen, grab a cup of…
May 28, 2021 | Aimee L. Wilcox, CPMA, CCS-P, CST, MA, MT, Director of Content, innoviHealth Prolonged services codes were created to capture reimbursement for time spent with a patient that goes beyond the typical time associated with the primary service. We’re all aware of those patients that, unexpectedly, require so much prolonged provider…
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 private organizations created substance use disorder (SUD) programs to treat patients who abuse alcohol or other illicit substances, or who have a history of prolonged…
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 of the abundant changes to healthcare laws, regulations, policies, and guidelines surrounding HIPAA, coding, reimbursement, and especially to the integration and rapid expansion of telemedicine…