Coding & Documentation

Billing new OB visits; office visit codes; bundling procedures; and global post-ops

How good are your key accounts receivable processes? Do you even know what to measure? Find out how you are doing by entering key data from your practice and comparing your key measurements to industry benchmarks.

Use this sample template for guidelines on documenting inpatient visits. Provided by Hill & Associates.

A quick overview of the Initial Preventive Physical Examination (IPPE),a new Medicare benefit effective 1-1-05. Understand the components and how to bill for the exam.

Use this sample template for guidelines on documenting patient visits in general. Provided by Hill & Associates.

Plain language advice on using common modifiers in your medical coding.

Use this sample template for guidelines on documenting established patient visits. Provided by Hill & Associates.

Use this sample template for guidelines on documenting outpatient visits. Provided by Hill & Associates.

Expert Judy Capko explains why it’s crucial to designate someone in your practice the captain of your coding team.

Hospitalist admit billing; coding for pre-op exam; selecting high vs. moderate risk.

Billing for hospitalists; smoking cessation documentation; patients’ paperwork; group visit codes.

Billing massage chair use; using the AI modifier; getting paid for pulse ox.

Coding is hard. It’s tedious. Yet it is how you get paid for the services you perform. So we asked the experts where things go wrong most of the time - and how to fix them.

Problem visits with counseling; coding for suture removal; mixing exam types?

Billing for vitals recordings; discharge summary on a deceased patient; a wasted controlled substance.

Giving credit for exam work; decision making for established visits; billing a hospital admission.

Primary care exception; critical care coding; prescription drug management

In this podcast, consultant Betsy Nicoletti explains the changes in CMS’ 2010 final physician fee schedule that could affect your practice.

Documenting shared visits; further vs. additional workup planned.

Hospital-doctor bundling schemes are a near-certainty in any healthcare reform. Will physicians get the short end of the stick?

Vaccine counseling; new or established patients; coding for coordinating care.

Surgical package; billing family members; using 99211 for new patients

Coding right for pelvics; special Pap, special coding; observation or inpatient?

Here's how to properly use E&M code 99213, including when other CPT options might be more appropriate with patients at your medical practice.

In light of the expansion of Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractor program, physicians are taking a second look at their coding practices.