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The CodeCast™ Podcast | Medical Billing & Coding Insights
The Business Side of Medicine ~ Coding, Reimbursement and Compliance for Physician Practices
Healthcare Consultant, Auditor and Educator, Terry Fletcher CPC, CCC, CEMC, CCS, CCS-P, CMC, CMSCS, , ACS-CA, SCP-CA, QMGC, QMCRC, QMPM, PACS, CPA®-TH knows from over 35 years in the healthcare industry, that Coding, Billing, and Compliance for physician practices and hospitals can be tough to navigate. Her CodeCast™ Podcast series will share insights into CPT® and ICD-10-CM coding, will discuss current rules and regulations the Medicare payer requires, along with Commercial Insurance plans’ rules and reimbursement challenges that all RCM staff deal with every day. Discover revenue opportunities to maximize reimbursement in your medical practice, hear complicated published federal payer rules broken down into easy-to-understand concepts, with a focus on different medical specialties and platforms in each episode.
The weekly CodeCast™ Podcast has run since the fall of 2017. Be sure to catch each episode that drops every #TerryTuesday™ on most popular podcast platforms.
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Healthcare Business Collective Roundtable
September 18, 2018
This episode focuses on an important update for the 3rd quarter of 2018. Terry welcomes you to a roundtable discussion on current healthcare happenings from around the country. Terry discusses the …
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Tips for speaking in public and giving presentations
September 11, 2018
Everyone gets a little nervous speaking and/or presenting in front of their peers: especially if it is your first time! This week, Terry provides public speaking tips, focusing on the …
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Seven real risks of Virtual Voice Assistants
September 4, 2018
Voice-activated virtual assistants are rising in popularity with doctors but they can create legal headaches when used in a physician practice. This week Terry discusses seven real risks of virtual …
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Top 10 Tuesday Q&A – August 28th, 2018
August 28, 2018
The Top 10 Tuesday Q&A returns this week with questions from all over the country as Terry touches on user-submitted questions. Answers include coding specifics of extremity x-rays, anemia coding …
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Collection Tips for Medical Practices
August 21, 2018
This week’s program is about medical collections. The fresher the claim denial is, the better your chances are of it not being archived in the payer’s system. However, you may …
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Coding vs. Billing
August 14, 2018
In the medical field, August is when coders and billers get a bit of a breather. They can catch up on work since most physicians are on vacation. As such, …
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Why coding and documentation audits are more important than ever
August 7, 2018
All HIM leaders know that coding and quality audits are critical. Consequences of substandard coding, lost revenue, increased denials, and greater compliance risk make the development of a coding audit …
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CMS breaking news: biggest change proposal in two decades for E/M
July 31, 2018
In what would be the biggest change in two decades, CMS is proposing to re-define the documentation requirements for E&M Coding in 2019. They are proposing to forego the 1995 …
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Social media mistakes with medical practices
July 24, 2018
A medical practice is a business: and like any other business, customer satisfaction is a key component to success. Your social media presence is an important factor in your customer’s …
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Best practice tips for collecting patient balances
July 17, 2018
Collecting money from patients for their “share of cost” of the medical bill can be a daunting task: but recent studies have shown that the patient portion of outstanding balances …
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How to hire an office manager
July 10, 2018
An office manager is one of the most important hires a medical practice can make. As office manager is responsible for overseeing all of the details of running the practice. …
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HIPAA and Text Messaging
July 3, 2018
Under the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act (HIPAA) healthcare providers must maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of all ePHI created and transmitted by a covered entity. But what …
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Top 10 Tuesday Q&A – June 26th, 2018
June 26, 2018
The Top 10 Tuesday Q&A returns this week with questions from all over the country. Terry addresses a number of topics pulled directly from the top onDemand Coding Corner network …
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Simple mistakes can lead to a major loss of revenue
June 19, 2018
Simple mistakes can always make life harder for any healthcare or business professional. But in a medical coding and billing office, these simple mistakes can lead to thousands of dollars …
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Physician Query
June 12, 2018
In this episode of the CodeCast Podcast Terry addresses how, and when, to “query” a physician and/or provider to clarify patient health record accuracy. A physician query can be used …
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CodeCast Coding and Billing Professional Burnout
June 5, 2018
This week Terry takes a left turn to talk about a lost topic in the medical coding and billing industry: “burnout”. Physician Burnout Phenomenon has been a frequent topic not …
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Top 10 Tuesday Q&A – May 29th, 2018
May 29, 2018
During the month of May, Terry was flooded with coding, billing, and reimbursement questions which came from all over the country. That can mean only one thing: it’s time for …
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Pitfalls of An E/M Audit: Chief Complaint and HPI
May 22, 2018
Failing an audit? Inaccurate scores? Lower reimbursements? Don’t worry! Terry has you covered on today’s episode, which gets into detail regarding the pitfalls of physician documentation. The discussion revolves around …
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