Read Full Episode Transcript Ensuring that your Electronic Health Records (EHR) system is properly set up is a crucial first step for any healthcare organization seeking the best possible performance in billing, care quality, patient satisfaction, and other areas. But each practice and healthcare organization has different needs – and may benefit from a different, […]
As a healthcare consultant, one of the most frequent questions I get from physicians and practices is: “How does Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding affect me?” Traditionally, risk adjustment and its related HCC coding have been most associated with Medicare Advantage plans – yet it is quickly making inroads in other areas of healthcare, such as Medicaid and Commercial plans. This means that HCC coding is affecting everyone more – and that physicians and practices of […]
Read Full Episode Transcript How can your practice prepare for OpenNotes? Have you heard? OpenNotes – a new, federal requirement mandating that clinicians make certain practitioner notes more available to patients – is fast-approaching, going into effect April 5, 2021. Preparing for OpenNotes and coming into compliance with this new program is an important […]
Proper billing and coding is key to any medical practice’s RCM workflow. But with 2021 bringing the biggest changes to E/M coding guidelines in decades, many physicians are trying to figure out what has changed— and how they should adapt their workflow to get the most out of claims. Listen in to hear Medical Advantage’s own billing and coding experts Monica Grimmett and Jenny Doloresco discuss […]
For the first time in more than 25 years, coding guidelines for outpatient evaluation and management (E/M coding) services have experienced a major overhaul. What can practices do to prepare for the 2021 E/M Coding changes? For medical practices seeking to get the most out of their revenue cycle management and claims submission workflows, proper […]
As the calendar page turns over to another year, a big opportunity for medical practices to reduce administrative burden, bill more accurately, and increase profitability and care quality is on the horizon. In 2021, the Evaluation and Management (E&M) coding system will undergo its most significant E&M changes in decades. Practices who act now to take […]
