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While auditing a primary care practice’s charge slips last week, I realized that the group of physicians and other qualified health care professionals I was working with had no understanding of coding for basic injections. In fact, as I reflected …
All medical practices want to be successful, and just like any business, there are specific ways to attract and maintain patients in a competitive field. First and foremost, a Physician Practice Manager (PPM) must work with the healthcare providers within …
CPC Exam Question Breakdown – This is a rough breakdown of what’s covered on the exam. They do have on the website the topics that are covered, but they don’t really let you know how many questions per. This is …
CPC Exam Layout – I say CPC because most of the people that comes to these review classes are preparing for the CPC, some are preparing for a AHIMA’s CCS-P, the physician-based exam that they have. Others might be taking …
Darlene works as an administrative assistant/medical coder at North American Partners in Anesthesia, New Britain, CT/Melville, NY. When she first started with the company in 1990, it was called New Britain Anesthesia, PC, but then merged with North American Partners …
Welcome to the Coding Certification Review Blitz. The reason I call it a “blitz” is because after two full days of this, you’re going to feel like you’re blitzed. Other people call them boot camps or whatever, but basically, it’s …
Understanding the responsibilities of being a human resource (HR) manager involve not only the hiring and firing of employees but knowledge of the medical practice’s mission statement and the goals trying to be achieved. More importantly, legal issues with laws …
When auditing a medical practice, the first thing I notice is the poor choice of diagnosis codes used to describe a patient’s condition. A claim is supposed to tell a complete story so the payer can determine if the claim …