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E/M Coding Updates Podcast

E/M, CPT Code, & Documentation Updates for 2021 – CMS & AMA Come Together to Benefit Providers

Cindy Groux, CHBME/Board Member at HBMA and CEO, President and Owner of Health Care Practice Management, will address new CPT codes for 2021 to include prolonged services and clinical staff services, documentation changes to reduce the administrative burden, decreased needs for audits and how to promote coding consistency, and new rules for time billing.

Catherine Short
Audit Zone, Billing, CMS, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Data Collection, Data Privacy, Data Security, EHR, ICD-10, ICD-10-PCS, Patient Satisfaction, Podcasts
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Why payers can’t ignore the interoperability rules and should comply sooner rather than later

Catherine Short speaks with Dr. Chris Hobson, Chief Medical Officer for Orion Health. The topic of today’s program is “Why payers can’t ignore the interoperability rules and should comply sooner rather than later.” The Interoperability and Patient Access final rule approved by CMS and ONC is intended to advance patient participation through access to their health information and to drive advanced interoperability and innovation across the U.S. These rules will have significant impact on payer organizations who are currently facing unprecedented times.

Catherine Short
access, Billing, CMS, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ethics, General Compliance, Patient Advocacy, Patient Satisfaction, Podcasts, Privacy, Protected health information
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Avoiding Overutilization vs. Patient Satisfaction: What’s a provider to do?

An increasingly important issue for many providers is the dilemma of providing care that is satisfactory to the patient while avoiding overutilization and its effect on reimbursement.   Unfortunately, the patient’s…
First Healthcare Compliance Staff
Audit Zone, Blog, Fraud, Healthcare, Imaging, Overutilizaton, Patient Satisfaction, Physician-patient Relationship, Quarterly Zone, Uncategorized, Waste
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