tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2003 Issue 2

ED Coders,Expect Less Documentation from Your Physicians

Last November, the Department of Health and Human Services released a Medicare transmittal relaxing documentation requirements for E/M services rendered by residents and billed by teaching physicians. The guidelines are a "big deal" for emergency departments, says Mike Lemanski, MD, at Baystate Medical Center, a large teaching hospital with an E/M residency program of 36 residents. "There is no question that these clarifications to the teaching physician rules are extremely important to any ED," echoes Robert Polglase, MD, JD, CEO of Stratagem Group Inc. in Augusta, Ga. Many emergency departments have not realized the impact these rules could...

To read the full article, sign in and subscribe to tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert.

Thank you for choosing Find-A-Code, please Sign In to remove ads.