It’s the End of the World as We Know It!
November 20, 2020 | By Brenda Edwards, CPC, CDEO, CPB, CPC-I, CEMC, CRC, CMRS, CMCS The days of 2020 are winding down and I don’t know that any of…
A Trip Down the Google Rabbit Hole…Because Inquiring Minds Want to Know
November 6, 2020 | By Pam Vanderbilt, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CEMC, CEMA, CEMA-O Pumpkin spiced lattes are back at Starbucks, the days are getting shorter, there is a…
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…
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…
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?…
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…
Whither History and Examination? Building the Future of EHR Documentation
July 10, 2020 | By Paul Spencer, CPC, COC Regular readers of this unique space in the auditing universe have more than likely begun to prepare for 2021…
2021 E&M Changes: Defining the Differences
June 19, 2020 | By Grant Huang, CPC, CPMA The hype surrounding next year’s implementation of new guidelines for documenting and coding Evaluation & Management (E&M) services…
2021 E&M Changes in MDM – Putting it all Together
February 21, 2020 | By Pam Vanderbilt, CPC, CPMA, CPPM, CPC-I, CEMC, CEMA, CEMA-O In the first three articles of this series, we explored how the 2021…