This Documentation Gap Analysis allows us to evaluate the significant components of your current Documentation program. It should take less than 5 minutes to complete.
Sometimes you need more than a self-service, on-demand program and need an expert to analyze your issues, train the corrections, and help you implement the changes, so they stick
This course explains the significant role chiropractic care can play in the sports industry and how a DC can succeed as a Sports Chiropractor. Start your steps to success here!
The most effective chiropractic OIG compliance programs are scaled according to the size of the practice!
The term “Routine Office Visit” describes treatment visits where the patient is being seen for the execution of the written treatment plan at the beginning of the Episode of Care. The documentation of these visits contains the details of patients’ progress, or lack thereof, as they advance through the stated plan.
Now that we've had a month to settle into the new Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding rules that went into effect at the beginning of the year, the questions are getting more specific and refined.
One of the more common questions we get at our Help Desk is what to do with Explanations of Benefits (EOBs) for paid claims once the payment has been posted. Regardless of the payer class, whether personal injury, worker’s compensation, or simple commercial insurance, you have many choices and can select one that is best for your practice.
We have been preparing all year for the inevitable start date in January, and now is the time to learn how the coding changes affect you!
With private insurers falling in line behind the government, it has become increasingly common for records requests and audits to come flying in from all directions. Because of this focus, DCs and CAs must learn more about rules and regulations, adding “documentation experts” to their many hats.
During a recent after-dinner trip to a favorite ice cream eatery, I happened into the ladies’ room. Hanging next to the sink was a detailed and illustrated explanation of how to wash your hands. Honestly, do any of us really need a primer on how to wash our hands? Of course not! But this national chain ice cream eatery was practicing what most of corporate America knows is vital to running a business: Standard Operating Procedure (SOP). If they wanted their employees to properly wash their hands, they were going to spell it out, step by step.
A new patient stands before you, intake paperwork in hand. The phone is ringing. Your DC has a question. Another patient’s child is crying in the reception area. Your stomach rumbles—you didn’t have time for breakfast. You wonder when you’re going to get to those reach-outs to patients with outstanding balances. The UPS guy walks in.
Many of the doctors we meet tell us they’re not too worried about their documentation. “We’ve got that covered,” they say. “I think we’re probably fine.” “I’m fine, right?”
Electronic claims processing is still the fastest, most efficient way to file insurance claims, where possible. However, there are times when a paper billing process still applies for your practice.
Every parent knows (and dreads) when it’s time to have “the talk” with their kids. Some of us do a better job than others—and the same is true for those of us tasked with having “the talk” with our new patients. In fact, for some of us, discussing the birds and the bees can seem like a walk in the park compared to actually having to talk to new patients about—gulp—money.
