tci Part B Insider - 2018 Issue 4

Documentation: Revise Your Medical Student E/M Documentation Policies, CMS Says

CMS's deregulation train eases reporting restrictions for student clinicians. Administrative burdens fuel Medicare's new mantra "Patients Over Paperwork." Since last fall initiatives started rolling out to cut back on this problem. An important policy change suggests CMS remains steadfast in this charge. Medicare providers have seen this situation in action: A teaching physician works with a medical student as she sees patients throughout the hospital. The medical student documents the E/M service performed - and then the teaching physician has to re-document every element of it afterward. This double-documentation requirement has been a thorn in the side of...

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