tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2010 Issue 2

REIMBURSEMENT: Cover Cardiology E&M Coding Bases With 5 Smart Compliance Moves

Check out this succinct 'million dollar statement' to cinch documentation requirements. Are your cardiology or specialty practice's evaluation and management services garnering fair Medicare payment -- or are they a ticket to potential reimbursement recoupments and worse? The answer can lie in the details that both keep the cash flowing and your compliance record on the high road.A costly assumption: "Some cardiologists will assume that they have sicker patients and can bill higher level E/M codes ...," says Leatrice Ford, RN, founder of ConsultCare Partners in Louisville, Ky. "But a family practice physician managing a cardiac failure patient...

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