Lori A. Cox
One of the most difficult jobs as an auditor isn’t keeping up with the constant changes in healthcare or trying to remember all the rules for the different Medicare carriers. It’s sitting down with a provider to discuss their audit results.
Lori A. Cox
Understanding incident-to can be stressful. According to an MLN Matters article, number SE0441, “To qualify as “incident to,” services must be part of your patient’s normal course of treatment
Charla Prillaman
Great, You’re a Perfectionist. Now What?
I’ve been auditing for almost thirty years. In that time, I’ve learned that auditors are typically extremely detail oriented, which is fantastic.
CJ Wolf
Training and education touches employees on the front lines more than any other element of an effective compliance program.
Elizabeth Wright
The National Correct Coding Initiative (NCCI) is a program designed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to prevent overpayment or improper payment of procedures that should not be submitted together.
CJ Wolf
Disciplinary action gives everyone an uneasy feeling. It’s one of those things that nobody likes to talk about.
CJ Wolf
Most of us are familiar with Stephen R. Covey’s popular book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It provides timeless insight for both personal and professional effectiveness.
Healthicity
Training practitioners to better document their visits seems to spark frustration like nothing else among auditors, so much so that auditing forums are full of auditors asking for tips and tricks of the trade.
