tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 2
Documentation Scenarios for New Guidelines for Teaching Physicians
The new teaching physician guidelines will reduce, but not eliminate, teaching physician E/M documentation. Read through these tips and scenarios to make sure your physicians and you see eye-to-eye about documentation expectations. After all, if they're not sending in the correct documentation, you're not able to secure them the money they deserve.Requirements Slim Down But Don't Disappear The guidelines "decrease some of the documentation burden for teaching physicians in any setting, including the ED," says Susan Turney, MD, FACP, medical director of reimbursement at the Marshfield Clinic in Marshfield, Wis. But the rules don't eliminate the need...
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