After my audio program last week, there is always a persistent question: “If I choose a code first before I document, coudn’t that be dangerous?”
Well, it’s a polite question that is really saying…”Isn’t this fraud?”
It’s not, and here’s why.
The three key components of an E/M code are:
History
Physical
Medical Decision Making, (MDM)
Two out of the three key […]
I recently did a keynote presentation for the Ohio State Medical Association and a breakout session on my Risk Based Coding TM algorithm. Between the programs I visited the vendor displays to see what’s new.
OK….. I didn’t do this to “see what’s new.”
I was trolling for “snags.” Since my youngest daughter was little, she’d always […]
Happy Deathly Hollow Eve~!
In a little over 24 hours from now, bookstores will have midnight sales of the latest, and final, book of the wildly popular Harry Potter series.
And there are people out there putting razors in apples, giving kids tainted candy, and snatching little kid’s trick-or-treat bags. The New York Times is publishing a […]
I was speaking at a practice management seminar today in Ohio and had the opportunity to listen in to a customer service program. The point was about “customers.” A primary care physician, (PCP), has one “customer,” his or her patient. When the patient is referred to a specialist, the specialist now has two customers. The […]
Before retuning home from San Diego, my family and I stopped by to see two friends we made years ago on a dive trip in the Cayman Islands. At the time only my wife and I were certified divers. Now the whole gang, with the exception of my youngest daughter, are all certified. So when […]
Wrapping up my NSA convention I discovered the last set of breakouts really didn’t have any topics that seemed to grab me. I ambled out of the last general session and had the good fortune to bump into my friend, and past NSA President, Dave Gordon, CSP. Dave said he was going to drop by […]
Ex-Surgeon General , Richard Carmona, MD, has testified that the president’s administration had muzzled him on a number of healthcare topics because he alleges topics that didn’t fit in ideologically, theologically, or politically, were “often ignored, marginalized, or simply buried.” The current Surgeon General nominee, James Holsinger, Jr., MD is being grilled over if he’s […]
Day three of my NSA convention found me attending two memorable general sessions. The first was with Dan Burrus, CSP, CPAE. I had heard Dan speak a number of years ago and didn’t want to miss it. So before my Oakstone Teleconference on Physician Documentation at 1pm Eastern, (10am Pacific), I zipped in to […]
Despite my background as a traditionally trained M.D. in western medicine, I think I’m pretty tolerant of diversity in healthcare. I do know enough to know that none of us knows enough to have patient treatment all figured out. Actually, I’m more than tolerant… I’m downright accommodating for a wide variety of non-western healing sciences. […]
I am with my tribe, the National Speakers Association. Imagine 2,500 extroverts, professional speakers all, in an annual convention, for professional speakers, with professional speakers, about professional speakers, by professional speaker and you’ll have an astounding experience that simply can’t be matched by any meeting you’ve ever seen.
We’ve got ‘em all. Keynote speaker, close note […]
