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5 tips to prepare for ICD-10 revenue gaps as estimated ICD-10 expenses triple
02/24/2014
by: Roy Edroso
A new study from the AMA shows that ICD-10 adoption will cost physician practices as much as three times what was previously expected. What you need to do about that right now is earmark new funds for the transition — and get serious about training and assessment.
Look for provider-documented HPI at time of encounter to bill hospital admissions
02/24/2014
by: Scott Kraft
You risk denials if your providers rely on history of present illness (HPI) documentation done by staff or another provider as part of a shared record to justify admission services.
3 easy online marketing lay-ups that can boost your practice’s business
02/24/2014
by: Roy Edroso
Looking to advertise your practice — but don’t have an advertising budget? Here are three easy tactics to market your practice online that you can do quickly and on a low budget.
Review your HIPAA compliance now as OCR says it will resume audits
02/24/2014
by: Marla Durben Hirsch
Check the “fundamentals” of your HIPAA compliance program — your security risk analysis, risk management plan and processes for reviewing changes such as adding equipment or opening a new location. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will.
Part B News briefs
02/24/2014
by: Part B News staff
ENTs argue for a 2015 change on 69210 policy, CMS adds end-to-end testing for a "small group" of providers and the Spanish version of the model Notice of Privacy Practices is available.
Benchmark: Claims for observation, hospital care see more denials in 2012
02/24/2014
by: Karen Long
Double-check your observation care and hospital care documentation as denials for many of those codes increased in 2012 over the previous year.
 
How to get the most out of participating in ICD-10 National Testing Week
02/14/2014
by: Roy Edroso

Choose codes you use often to get the most benefit from CMS’ fast-approaching ICD-10 National Testing Week, but also plan to find testing alternatives to fill the substantial gaps that CMS’ testing will leave.

Give patients context, follow-up services when they receive results directly from labs
02/14/2014
by: Scott Kraft

Physician practices may soon find patients coming into the office with lab results already in hand — or even missing that follow-up appointment altogether — now that CMS requires laboratories to give patients direct access to lab results.

4 ways to bolster documentation of inpatient stays, hospital relationships
02/14/2014
by: Roy Edroso

Protect your physicians’ hospital admitting privileges by tightening up their documentation on admitted patients in the wake of CMS’ clarifications on its “two-midnight rule.”

Beware of EHR systems that allow non-clinicians to complete HPI
02/14/2014
by: Roy Edroso
Only the treating physician or non-physician practitioner (NPP) can perform the history of present illness (HPI) portion of an office visit — which you’ve no doubt drummed it into your doctors’ heads — but be on guard that some electronic health record (EHR) vendors are attempting to stretch that policy.
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