July 25, 2018 edition

Patients-and physicians-deserve much better.

While physicians may prefer to focus their attention on patient care, it’s imperative to carefully analyze expenses and calculate how every business decision can affect overall profitability.

Accurate and complete documentation helps physicians avoid denials.

Frequent use of social media is common, but it can cause some problems in a medical practice setting.

Coding can be out-of-this-world difficult.

When appealing denials, keep these three tips in mind. 

Here are some do’s and don’ts when applying these three common modifiers.

Follow these three tips to avoid denials when reporting time-based E/M codes. 

Here are four common transitional care management denials and how to avoid them.

Here are four common CCM denials and how to avoid them.

To payers, these visits tell a completely different story about the work that’s required to treat a patient.

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