Brace yourself: medical audits are coming. With the currently relaxed rules, it is inevitable. The lack of oversight on HHS monies given to practices, and the liberties many are taking with the pandemic, allowing for everyone, it seems, to bill for medical services, something has to give. Have you taken a good look at your […]
This week, Terry Fletcher closes out May by answering the top coding and billing questions of the month. Terry tackles topics such as wound care, debridement coding, multiple-day audio-only phone calls, addendums to the patient record, and more. Join the discussion for a mixed bag of coding questions! Subscribe and Listen You can subscribe to our […]
Medicare is doing their own thing when it comes to adjusting the meaning of the coding rules. This week the incident to concept was up for discussion with the CMS office hours call, as well as even more clarifications on the 95 Telehealth Modifier. Listen as Terry Fletcher shares the latest updates. In addition, Terry […]
A Bush-era modifier has been revised to let contractors know when you’ve reported a claim under the Waiver 1135 exception. There is a new modifier to waive out of pocket costs for COVID-19-related and/or diagnosed patients, and more. It’s a mixed bag of information: and Terry is here to cover this news and more, including […]
CMS has published more FAQs, with an update not only on April 28th but again on April 30th. Then, they canceled their “office hours” call on April 30th! A free-for-all broke out and once again people started posting erroneous information to LinkedIn and specialty websites. Needless to say, Terry had a lot of fires to […]
This week, Terry closes out April with a Top 10 Q&A for COVID-19 ICD10-CM: hopefully, her last COVID-related podcast for awhile! In an unprecedented move, the CDC added new directions on how to report COVID-19 and suspected COVID-19 patients in ICD-10-CM diagnosing. Since those changes became effective 4/1/2020, there are specific directions on how to […]
In the last week, information pertaining to the recent pandemic has been coming in from all directions! Terry Fletcher covers updates on Telehealth: what you can (and cannot) do. She also discusses the HHS deposits that were recently received and if you can keep them. Terry also talks about what you can do to make […]
We all must work together to get through this PHE. During these times of tightening expenses, looking for financial relief, and hoping our medical practices stay afloat during the pandemic, Terry Fletcher shares tips that her fellow healthcare consultants in the National Society of Certified Business Consultants (NSCHBC) shared to help weather this storm. Subscribe […]
In today’s episode of the CodeCast podcast, Terry Fletcher changes gears from the coding of Telehealth, to the delivery of Telehealth. No one is really talking about the delivery of Telehealth as it’s like the worst DIY of anything out there. This episode will help you visualize how to facilitate your Telehealth services to your […]
With federal and state mandates forcing many to “shelter in place” or practice social distancing, remote work is the new “normal” for many healthcare professionals On this week’s CodeCast, Terry shares ways to overcome the challenges that come with working from home as we try and get through this pandemic together. She offers some expert […]
