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Countdown to ICD-10 Good news on the coding front: With more than half its coders already using ICD-10 diagnosis codes on a daily basis we have found that the acute documentation and productivity problems many feared would overwhelm the ICD-10 transition have not materialized. We began shifting coders to the new code set in December […]
Read MoreOf the many financial challenges facing physician groups today, cash shortfalls triggered by problems collecting from self-pay patients can be among the most trying and potentially destructive. The growth of high-deductible health plans, including health savings accounts (HSAs), is pushing primary payment responsibility toward individuals and away from insurance companies. That means that unless practices […]
Read MoreThe Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it is introducing four new HCPCS modifiers to further scrutinize the use of modifier -59. The implementation date for these modifiers is Jan. 1, 2015, however, local Medicare contractors may implement earlier. The announcement of these new HCPCS modifiers ties closely with an earlier […]
Read MoreThe recent political silly season is over — finally — and once again I was listening for one particular word in the endless ads that peppered the airwaves: accountability. It seems like the only time you hear that word is in the context of blaming one’s opponent for lack of it. I suspect that the […]
Read MoreAuthors: K. Jenkins Published in Br J Anaesth. 2014;113(1):4-6. A Psychological Perspective Needle phobia is probably seen as a simple issue in its purest form. Your patient does not like needles—who does? Use a good topical numbing agent and let’s get on with it. Job done… Or is it? When I first started out as […]
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