January 21, 2022 | By Sean Weiss, CHC, CEMA, CMCO, CPMA, CPC-P, CMPE, CPC While I am sure you have heard it several dozen times by now, I want to welcome you to 2022 because that is where the pleasantries end. 2022 will see Medical Necessity put front & center not only in audits…
January 7, 2022 | By Toni Elhoms, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CRC It’s our favorite time of the year again – coding and regulatory compliance update season! As I’m sure many of my compliance colleagues can relate, this is the time of the year when we get inundated with “Can I pick your brain” requests…
November 17, 2021 | By Scott Kraft, CPMA, CPC A physician practice revenue cycle analysis is really driven by that old saying “Follow the Money.” Along the journey, however, we learn a lot more about payment buckets and accounts receivable, as important as those factors are for practice operations. Very rarely do I perform…
October 22, 2021 | By Scott Kraft, Auditing Specialist, DoctorsManagement Like many of my auditing colleagues, I entered 2021 with a solid understanding of the rules of the 2021 E/M Documentation Guidelines, but looked forward to seeing how they were applied in practice by the rendering provider. Now that we’ve entered October, one area…
November 19, 2021 | By Susan O’Loughlin, CPC, CPMA, CRC Director of Professional Coding and Provider Education – UVM Health Network CVPH Prospective, Retrospective, Random, Comprehensive, Focused… Which one to utilize is based on the type and scope of audit for your organization. If you are responsible for auditing your provider’s documentation, you know…