HR Management for the Physician Practice Manager

Physician Practice Manager

Understanding the responsibilities of being a human resource (HR) manager involve not only the hiring and firing of employees but knowledge of the medical practice’s mission statement and the goals trying to be achieved. More importantly, legal issues with laws …

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Medical Practice Management — Quality in Health Care

Medical Practice Management — Quality in Health Care

There are many facets to providing quality service in the healthcare industry. It begins with the quality of care provided to a patient in order to avoid risks of malpractice and other liabilities and focuses on efficiency and effectiveness in …

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Revenue Cycle Management

Revenue Cycle Management — CCO Medical Coding

Revenue cycle management is one of the most important aspects of the Physician Practice Manager’s (PPM) job. The cycle begins with the scheduling of an appointment and is followed up with obtaining accurate information regarding the patient’s demographics. Verification of …

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Coding Left Heart Cath and Aortography — VIDEO

Coding Left Heart Cath and Aortography — VIDEO

Someone needs help with this procedure that they were given. This came out, and what I’m assuming when I was reading this earlier is that this is a list of what they did. A lot of times in this report, …

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Modifier for Assistant – RNFA Surgery — VIDEO

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Medical coding question, modifier for assistant/RNFA surgery. Stephanie wrote: “Hello I have a question. I’m having trouble getting my second assistant paid. The main surgeon bills charges, we bill duplicate charges but 2 assistants from same group help surgeon, both …

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Coding Ultrasound Vein Mapping for AVF AVG — VIDEO

Coding Ultrasound Vein Mapping for AVF AVG

Alicia: “What’s the proper coding to use for ultrasound vein mapping for AVF and AVG creations for hemodialysis? The doctor uses ultrasound on the patient’s arm while patient is in pre-op holding area and marks the vasculature on the patient’s …

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Cardiovascular and Vascular Interventional Radiology Coding — VIDEO

Cardiovascular and Vascular Interventional Radiology Coding

Laureen: Alright, what have we got next here? Alright, Bina, you challenged me this month. Cardiovascular… and I put in parentheses VIR because it is related to Vascular Interventional Radiology. So she asked, “My question is from cardiovascular section. Please …

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EM Guidelines 95 and 97 — VIDEO

EM Guidelines 95 and 97 VIDEO — CCO Medical Coding

EM guidelines for 95 versus 97. The first person wrote, “I see EM guidelines 95 and 97 used in prep test for the CPC. Can you explain what these guidelines are? I’m not sure what these are.” And then number …

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