Critical Care Billing: It’s the Little Things
February 19, 2021 | By David Carpenter Critical care billing is relatively simple. Documentation requires three items – The patient is critically ill. What the provider is doing…
Why Analyzing Your E/M Data is Crucial in 2021
February 5, 2021 | By Paul Spencer, CPC, COC As coders, auditors, and practitioners, we now find ourselves one month into the new world of outpatient evaluation and management…
Repetitive Documentation of Time
July 3, 2020 | By Stephanie Allard, CPC, CEMA, RHIT As we move towards implementing the 2021 E/M changes, we need to evaluate areas of bad habits…
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…
Auditing & the Attorney Client Privilege: Need for audits and incentives to comply/disclose to government
March 13, 2020 | By Jesse Overbay, JD Readers of this newsletter and followers of the incredibly talented individuals on the NAMAS team know that conducting internal monitoring and…