Practice tip of the week: Boosting your reimbursement

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With all the useful information available on Physicians Practice, it is easy to become overwhelmed.

With this in mind, the tip of the week is a chance to reflect on some of the wisdom found all across the site. In this October 2024 story on boosting reimbursements, Dorothy Steed, RN gives this tip:


4) Document E&M elements in full

Evaluation and management services are often unsupported at the level billed. New patient visits, emergency services, consultations, initial inpatient encounters, and observation services require that the provider meet or exceed each of the history, examination, and medical decision-making components for the service level chosen. Often, the review of systems (ROS) section is too weak to support the code level that the provider desires to report.

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