Cristina Bentin, CCS-P CPC-H CMA, president of Coding Compliance Management, gave a presentation titled “Coding Inaccuracies That May Put an ASC or Practice at Risk With the OIG and RACs-Pain ...

Too little attention is paid to documentation, coding, and billing in many medical practices. For patients, documentation simply means that your doctor is providing an account of your visit in your ...

Medical Insurance Reimbursement Over- and under-documentation are equally considered fraudulent, and may increase audit risk, so it is essential to get coding and billing right the first time. With ...

Healthcare providers across the country are experiencing a massive surge in denials and write-offs. This undercurrent of denials has been primarily driven by factors such as changing patient ...

The American Health Information Management Association has outlined core clinical documentation guidelines for coding medical diagnoses and procedures in 2013 and 2014. In a new white paper, AHIMA ...

On January 1, 2021, new evaluation and management (E&M) coding guidelines for clinical office visits go into effect across the US. These guidelines, which reflect the most significant change in E&M ...

This year ushered in many changes affecting reimbursement for healthcare providers, but few are as important as the new Physician Fee Schedule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ...