Evaluating Compliance in Coding By: Terry Valencia Axia College of University of Phoenix Billing and Coding compliance strategies protect physicians from financial risk and potential loss of revenues. Physicians must document fully the service they provide and put in force a plan that prevent or reduce coding errors. According to‚ “The Journal of the National Medical Association‚” there are 10 top billing concerns for physicians: Medicare billing (Part A and Part B) Mental health billing
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Due to the the high costs and restrictive nature of inpatient treatments for addiction‚ some treatment facilities opt to offer intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) services as an alternative. In some cases‚ IOP treatment is even offered as a transitional option for patients who have just completed a stint in an inpatient facility of with a partial hospitalization program. What is Intensive Outpatient Treatment for Addiction? In certain circumstances‚ medical and clinical staff may determine that
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Scenario: As an upcoming audit approaches‚ you want to ensure that your staff understands the basics of healthcare statistics and research. You decide to create a training packet that will be distributed to all employees in your department. For newly hired employees‚ the packet will assist them in learning the basics of the department. For current employees‚ the packet will serve as a review in order to maintain sharpened skills throughout the department. Create a written training piece (traditional
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The compliance process is very important in medical billing and coding. After a patient is seen‚ physicians document the patient ’s visit. Medical administrators then post the medical codes of the visit in the practice management program (PMP) and prepare the claim. It is important to prepare claims correctly in order to stay in compliance. A correct claim connects a billed service to a diagnosis. The diagnosis has to relate to the billed service to treat the patient ’s ailment. The connection is
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Final Examination Marketing management (208522) Date: from April 11‚ 2011 to April 18‚ 2011 Dr Parameth Voraseyanont First and Family name.............................................................................................................................................................. Student I.D. …………………………………………………. Major............................Human resources Management....................... Examination room............................ take home examination........
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The following interactions were derived from the writer’s therapy session with JO on 06/29/17. With the first exchange‚ the writer attempted to build rapport‚ and find out if JO had participated in therapy before‚ and‚ if so‚ what about therapy had worked for her. This appeared to be successful‚ because JO subsequently shared what she liked about certain therapists and what she did not like about others. The writer asked this question to build rapport and find out what had worked for JO in the
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Malcolm Baldrige Award: Mercy Health System The Malcolm Baldrige Award is a guide to achieve excellence in businesses. It is based on a system approach that draws a set of performance objectives for companies‚ allowing them to reach advanced and outstanding performance to better serve their numerous stakeholders on one hand‚ to enhance the general organizational effectiveness and efficiency on the other‚ as well as encourage and increase both the individual and organizational learning with the
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Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System Morgan Cotter Juvenile Justice CJ 307-A Dr. Monica Robbers Marymount University December 7‚ 2009 Juvenile Sex Offenders: A new issue in the Juvenile Justice System The classification and treatment of juvenile sex offenders is a unique issue in the Juvenile Justice System today. This is either because we do not have much research on the recidivism rates of repeat
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Katherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory Annette Hall St Joseph’s College of Maine Abstract Katherine Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory fits best with my philosophy of nursing and my current work environment. As a hospice nurse comfort is the top priority. The goal of hospice care is to provide comfort and dignity at the end of life. The technical term for comfort for health care is the immediate state of being strengthened by having the needs for relief‚ ease‚ and transcendence addressed in the four context of
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Lin Article Critique Title and Introduction Part 1 Lin Summary of Article Critique This article discusses the potential benefits of forgiveness therapy. The authors of this research show interest in forgiveness therapy for inpatient substance-dependent clients. The authors are examining if forgiveness therapy will help reduce anger‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ and venerability to future drug use‚ while raising the self-esteem of the substance and drug abuse users through forgiveness therapy. Lin‚ Mack
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