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Laureen: I know Alicia has been excited about sharing this one. She’s talking about feet, the whole conference; it’s like, really? Alicia: [Laughs] It wasn’t just because my feet hurt. This was probably one of my favorite of the sessions …
There is no question that Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is slowly evolving out of fee-for-service and into a system of recording quality data, otherwise known as Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS). The understanding and adopting of PQRS has been …
Laureen: Welcome to the “2014 Coding Certification Review Blitz.” The reason we call it a “Blitz” is because you’re going to feel blitzed by the time you’re done. After the second day, you’re going to be extremely tired, but it’s …
Alicia: Now we’re getting into burns, and this is a change that’s in 2014 CPT. They aren’t doing the burns like they did before, so this has really thrown some people but it’s not that hard. Let’s go in and …
Many people ask me if I feel a career in medical billing is a good choice for them or not. Medical billing is more than just data entry; however, good typing and data entry skills are essential for the job. …
Alicia: Alright. This one isn’t very hard once you know where to look, but I actually had to Google to get some more information because I couldn’t find it. And again, Laureen probably could have done this one and done …
Laureen: Q: This question was: I was reviewing Laureen’s Blitz Video yesterday on radiology and I wanted you to clear up something for me. She stated “supervision and administration…” This is so funny; I didn’t pick up the first time …
Q: Atherosclerosis of the left internal mammary artery bypass graft? I see nothing specific on the mammary (artery, is what they they’re talking about). How would you code this? A: I did some little bit extra research on this because …