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…
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?…
As we begin to mourn the loss…
August 15, 2020 | By Shannon DeConda, CPC, CPC-1, CPMA, CEMC, CMSCS As we migrate to the new AMA CPT Guidelines for Outpatient Office E&M visits, we mourn the…
Medical Necessity, MDM, and 2021 E&M Changes
July 17, 2020 | By Pam Vanderbilt, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CEMC, CEMA, CEMA-O By now everyone has heard that we will no longer have to score history and…
That is How We Have Always Done It
May 1, 2020 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT Over the years I have found that one of the main risks to an organization are employees who…
Be Specific
April 17, 2020 | By Priscilla J. Alfaro, MD, FAAP, CPC, CPMA, COC, CFE ICD-10 was finally officially implemented on October 1, 2015. One of the intents of moving to…
Interprofessional Consult Services
March 27, 2020 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA The recent coronavirus crisis has brought non-face-to-face services to the forefront of coding and billing conversations. With the entire healthcare…
CPT 2020 Changes to Psychiatry Services
December 31, 2019 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT As of January 1, 2020, CPT made changes to the health and behavior assessment and intervention codes…