How to Avoid Common Mistakes When Coding Hand Procedures AAOSNow – March 2019 by Sarah Wiskerchen and Raymond Janevicius, MD Billing for hand procedures is among the most complex types of orthopaedic coding. Here, we highlight eight frequently encountered errors when coding hand procedures and how to fix them. Lack of specificity in documentation of tendon...
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Billing and Collections Staff Knowledge Assessment Tool
Message to the manager who may use this assessment tool: All or portions of the following questions can be used for interviewing/assessing candidates for open positions in various reimbursement related functions in the practice and with existing employees to assess their understanding of topics. If used for existing employees important to stress that it is...
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Billing and Collections Staff Knowledge Assessment Tool for Orthopaedics
Message to the manager who may use this assessment tool: All or portions of the following questions can be used for interviewing/assessing candidates for open positions in various reimbursement related functions in the practice and with existing employees to assess their understanding of topics. If used for existing employees important to stress that it is...
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New Physician Onboarding Checklist
New Physician Onboarding Checklist by Cheryl Toth, MBA Use this checklist to manage the orientation and onboarding activities for each new physician you hire. Ask for regular status updates – especially about the credentialing process. Items listed in each section are not necessarily in chronological order. Download Checklist
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The Cure for Soaring Patient Receivables: 8 Best Practices for Point of Service Collections and Payment Plans
KarenZupko & Associates Inc. – September 2015 by Cheryl Toth, MBA Patient deductibles and financial responsibilities are skyrocketing. According to a 2014 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 80% of all workers now have annual deductibles, and the average deductible amount has doubled over the last eight years. The study showed that today’s annual deductibles...
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Discounting
CareCredit – March 2014 Karen Zupko “We aren’t getting as many phone calls as we used to…” “Fewer patients are scheduling and more are postponing…” “Website and social media traffic is down…” Staff comments like these can cause even the most confident plastic surgeon to hastily discount his or her fees. But although it...
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Strategic Scheduling: A Competitive Advantage
CareCredit – February 2014 by Karen Zupko There is an old Zen story about a man who watched his neighbor zipping down the road on a fast running horse. “Where are you going?” he shouted to the neighbor as he whizzed by. “I don’t know,” the neighbor responded. “Ask the horse!” In many plastic surgery...
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Sample Prior Authorization, Cover Letter, or Appeal Letter for the Otolaryngologist’s Use of an Unlisted CPT Code for Endoscopic/Endonasal Skull Base Surgery
Sample Prior Authorization, Cover Letter, or Appeal Letter for the Otolaryngologist’s Use of an Unlisted CPT Code for Endoscopic/Endonasal Skull Base Surgery – April 2013 Letter located on second page of PDF Download Letter