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Add appropriate sources and independent historians to your MDM calculations
03/29/2021
by: Julia Kyles
Don’t forget to track your clinician’s dialogue with outside sources: A practitioner’s conversation with a parent or a parole officer may be used to code Levels 3, 4 and 5 E/M office visits (99203-99205, 99213-99215).
Cue up best practices for ending pandemic-related work-from-home arrangements
03/29/2021
by: Courtney Bru
Many employers turned to telework during the COVID-19 pandemic. Often they will tell you the arrangements “weren’t perfect” but were necessary to survive the unprecedented circumstances.
Are you ‘information blocking’ if you don’t have an EHR? Not necessarily ­— at least for now
03/29/2021
by: Roy Edroso
Question: Our practice does not have electronic health records (EHR). Instead, we keep paper patient records. I understand the new information blocking rule that goes into effect April 5 requires that I give my patients their protected health information (PHI) in whatever format they request. Will I be in violation of the rule if I can only give them paper?
Vaccine admin payment rates remain down after cuts; COVID aims higher
03/29/2021
by: Richard Scott
Payment cuts to a series of immunization administration codes have significantly curtailed provider payments in recent years, as Medicare slashed rates for the G0008-G0010 series related to influenza, pneumococcal and hepatitis B vaccines.
Beyond physician burnout: Address staff fatigue as well to maintain practice health
03/22/2021
by: Roy Edroso
While physician burnout grabs headlines, practice experts believe you should also reach out to non-physician employees, from nurse practitioners to receptionists, who also may be suffering from critical stress in order to keep the whole practice humming happily and productively.
As audits loom, stick to the rules of advance care planning codes to avoid harm
03/22/2021
by: Julia Kyles, CPC
Medicare auditors have identified failure to document time as a key flaw in claims for advance care planning (ACP), and the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans to conduct an audit of the services.
E/M ‘errata and technical corrections’ reshape the office visit guidelines
03/22/2021
by: Julia Kyles, CPC
Your 2021 CPT manual doesn’t have the final word on how to document and code E/M visits, after the AMA released an update to the guidelines March 9.
COVID vaccinators get a big pay increase from Medicare for shot admin
03/22/2021
by: Laura Evans, CPC
Effective March 15, providers will get a payment boost from Medicare for administering COVID-19 vaccines.
Not much market for cryptocurrency payments in medical practices – for now, experts say
03/22/2021
by: Roy Edroso
Question: I’ve been seeing a lot in the media about cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. They seem to be getting more popular. Should I offer to accept cryptocurrency for payments?
HHS extends public comment period for HIPAA Privacy Rule modifications
03/22/2021
by: Matt Duffy
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on March 9 a 45-day extension for the public comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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