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Practice Management
Don't Just Run Reports-Use Them to Run Your Practice
As we close out Q3 and begin Q4, this is the perfect time to ask yourself a simple question: Do you know what your numbers are telling you?
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Coding
Coding "Staged" Procedures
"My associate doctor recently billed for a hospital outpatient surgery on 08/13:
28005 and 11981.
The antibiotic spacer kept displacing during the post op period, so he went back earlier than expected on 10/2 to do the following, hence the patient is still in the global period from the first procedures:" in the following article.
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Coding
Using AI to Research Insurance Company Billing, Coding, and Coverage Policies
One of the more frustrating parts of practicing medicine is dealing with insurance company billing and coding requirements. We perform a service that is medically necessary, document the care provided, submit the claim, and sometimes receive a denial because we failed to meet an insurance company's particular requirements.
AI can help physicians and their staff research these policies, identify the requirements that apply to a particular service, and locate the actual documents published by the insurance company.
This is one of the practical ways AI can help reduce the administrative burden of running a medical practice.
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CMS Updates
Modifier 25 Is Under Pressure: What Podiatry Practices Need to Know
A podiatrist evaluates a patient’s new complaint and performs a necessary procedure during the same visit. When the evaluation is significant and separately identifiable, Modifier 25 allows the practice to report both services.
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