Healthicity Blog

Providers have long struggled to find the most efficient way to take, keep, and share important patient records. Before technology gave us the digital age and electronic file sharing, healthcare staff spent hours tracking down charts or attempting to decode terrible handwriting.

In order to thoroughly scrutinize an audit, it’s important to understand who requested the audit, why they requested it, and what will be audited in the first place.

You’ve probably noticed that physicians may experience some confusion regarding the terms “medical necessity” and “medical decision making,” when coding E/M services.

You’ve read about the risks of improper E/M coding, you’ve been warned about unbundling, and and how to tackle common auditing challenges but you might be surprised to learn that all risks aren’t a result of inaccurate coding.