Health Prime

JANUARY 8, 2025

According to the American Association of Medical Audit Specialists (AAMAS) , a medical billing audit is a process to determine whether data is in a providers health record and by appropriate and referenced medical policies, documents, or support services listed on a providers bill. Also known as chart audit or charge review.)

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 2, 2024

I often say to patients (as I apologize for documenting while I get to know them) that I had sworn as a medical student never to be the doctor that types during visits—and when I first became an attending, I held to that. Ideally, I would have a schedule where I could document in the time after a patient leaves the visit.

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Practice Index

JANUARY 30, 2025

What can we learn about the left shift of activity from this document? More patient-initiated follow-ups, greater use of the NHS App, and GPs to support patients activating choice of treatment provider are also included. to 4M, with a payment of 20 per advice and guidance request for general practice attached.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 22, 2023

The number of healthcare data breaches keeps going up year after year. They should also keep up with the latest healthcare IT news, including the HIPAA Journal , to make sure your system is up to date. These data breaches have affected millions of patients, putting their sensitive healthcare information at risk.

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Doximity

MARCH 21, 2025

Physicians spend a significant amount of time on administrative work, from writing letters to handling insurance documentation. She estimates that this prompt saves her up to two hours per week , and sometimes even more when demand is high. Follow-up in three months with repeat labs. Jacob Mathew, Jr.,

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Practice Index

MARCH 13, 2025

Those are the words of a Manchester-based Practice Manager who was talking to us following a recent article by Kay Keane asking What is a Practice Manager Worth?. The reality of a Practice Managers day One of the comments responding to Kays article sums up the issues Practice Managers face. last night.

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Sensible Medicine

AUGUST 7, 2024

For example, Bergman reports a 2002 study in which ventilated premature babies were placed to sleep on either their tummies or backs, and the following states were measured: quiet sleep, active sleep (which is less restorative than quiet sleep), crying time, number of stress responses (startle, tremor, and twitch), and oxygen saturation.

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Scrubs

MARCH 21, 2023

MaineHealth recently announced it is using AI to automatically record conversations between doctors and their patients during a check-up or follow-up visit. We end up doing what we went into medicine for,” she said. But a new artificial intelligence program could do away with this practice for good.

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Mobius MD

MAY 15, 2024

As healthcare systems become more complex, physicians are spending more time on administrative tasks, including clinical documentation. Team documentation is a powerful way to streamline patient visits and EHR data entry so the entire team can focus on delivering excellent care. What is team documentation?

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CollaborateMD

MARCH 20, 2025

Here’s a brief explanation: Credentialing with private insurance is often insurer-specific, meaning each company may require different documents or processes. Having these documents ready and in one location can help you stay organized. Organizations like CAQH make it easier to streamline standard documentation.

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Popular solutions include improving documentation efficiency (a pain point for physicians) and care team coordination. Use pre-visit planning and pre-appointment lab testing to reduce time wasted on the review of follow-up results. The post What is the Quadruple Aim of healthcare?

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EvidenceCare

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Impact of the Two-Midnight Rule on Denials At the 2024 HFMA Annual Conference, we asked healthcare executives if they’re seeing any changes following the CMS Two-Midnight Rule, particularly in denials. Compliant documentation has also become more challenging. Another issue is “inpatient only” procedures.

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Mobius MD

APRIL 3, 2025

Electronic Health Record (EHR) templates are pre-structured digital forms that help healthcare providers document patient encounters quickly and consistently. Providers who used early template-based documentation solutions might associate them with over-documentation or overly formulaic notes.

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Scrubs

JUNE 29, 2023

But what happens when the hospital fails to hold up its end of the bargain after the strike is over? Following the demonstration in January, the New York State Nurses Association and the hospital worked out new contracts that included lower nurse-patient ratios and equal nurse-to-management ratios.

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Mobius MD

MARCH 14, 2025

While we often focus our blog articles on streamlining clinical documentation , managing the deluge of messages in your EHR is equally important. For the average PCP seeing 20 patients per day, that adds up to over 13 hours per week. Use Message Templates Dont type the same response over and over.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To take action, follow up promptly on overdue accounts, review and optimize your billing processes to reduce delays, and consider implementing automated reminders for patients and insurance companies. Compliance and audit reports help you monitor adherence to coding, documentation, and billing standards.

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Mobius MD

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Specifically, we’ll discuss how AI can: Automate Clinical Documentation Support Clinical Decision-Making Triage Patient Communication Diagnose Medical Images Automate Routine Tasks Each topic includes a Software Spotlight, highlighting practical tools that illustrate AI’s impact in real-world settings.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 14, 2025

Document medical histories and reason for the visit. Educate patients about managing their health conditions and following physician instructions. Afternoon: Follow-Up: Call patients to remind them of upcoming appointments. Follow up on lab results and inform patients of their results as instructed by the physician.

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Health Prime

MARCH 21, 2024

A well-maintained and up-to-date patient database contributes to the overall accuracy and efficiency of the revenue cycle. Accurate coding and documentation process Ensuring staff members are well-trained in accurate coding and documentation is critical to preventing coding errors that could result in claim denials or delays in reimbursement.

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The HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 29, 2024

When diagnoses are reported only using enrollees’ HRAs and HRA-linked chart reviews and there are no follow-up visits, procedures, or tests, HHS-OIG is concerned that the diagnoses may be inaccurate and therefore the payments made by the CMS may be improper. HHS-OIG’s analysis of MA encounter data identified 1.7

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Health Populi

AUGUST 25, 2020

A growing proportion of older patients are engaging in virtual health care visits, and once experienced, patients are generally open to more telehealth in their personal mix of medical services in certain situations — to follow up procedures, for repeat primary care and chronic care follow-up, and increasingly, for telemental health.

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Health Prime

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Wrapping up your practice for the New Year includes: Reconciling all accounts accurately Sorting out outstanding claims Updating patient information These measures will prevent discrepancies that lead to financial loss, reduce mistakes, and speed up the claim approval process, allowing your practice to continue running without glitches.

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The HIPAA Journal

MAY 2, 2024

BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Services has proposed a settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit that was filed in response to a 2021 data breach that exposed the data of up to 350,000 patients. BioPlus disagreed with the allegations; however, a settlement has been proposed to bring the legal action to an end.

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 15, 2023

They were healthy and needed to deal with a single issue or felt like it was time for a “check-up.” ” He left without making a follow up appointment and I never saw him again. When I think back on PW and our interactions around his insomnia, I end up shaking my head. “I am truly sorry to hear that.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We We rely heavily on our coding quality team to onboard new coders and get them up to speed on our quality standards,” said Jake Hess, Senior Director of Revenue Cycle Shared Services at Spectrum Health. Coding is high value — and in high demand.

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Relias

JUNE 1, 2022

Coding and clinical documentation have never been more important in healthcare. “We We rely heavily on our coding quality team to onboard new coders and get them up to speed on our quality standards,” said Jake Hess, Senior Director of Revenue Cycle Shared Services at Spectrum Health. Coding is high value — and in high demand.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 16, 2023

There is also “Enigmas,” a list of patients I have seen with another doctor whose presentation had confused us and whose evaluation I want to follow. This panel is made up of people who used to be my patients but no longer are — people who left my practice without telling me. And then there is the ghost patient panel.

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CollaborateMD

APRIL 3, 2025

” With all of these concerns, it’s vital that providers and billing departments understand and follow the key elements of proper medical billing compliance to run a successful practice. Following health insurance policies and procedures. ” “Do I have all the correct patient information?” The result?

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Valant

JULY 24, 2024

It may be appropriate to say that more data and follow-up sessions are needed. Check out Valant’s clinical documentation features to learn more. Plan : Further diagnostic tests and other tasks are included here, along with proposed treatment including patient education, medications, further therapy, and so on.

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Mobius MD

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Mobile apps for physicians can enable communication with patients and other providers, enhance medical education, inform clinical decision-making, and streamline documentation. What providers are saying: “As a medical student wrapping up my third year, this was my GO-TO reference source for clinical rotations.

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The Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 29, 2025

This being an academic publication, two footnotes informed us that dangling money in front of our eyes can cause people to see what you want to see and come up with an elastic justification for truth. When a new billing code pays more to individual surgeons, significant change swiftly follows, even if only in documentation.

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Mobius MD

JANUARY 1, 2025

Youve found the best EMR for your specialty and streamlined your documentation workflow. Knowing the right medical practice software tools – for scheduling, documentation, clinical decision support, and more – will make your life much easier. Streamline medical practice scheduling with Amion What if you enjoyed scheduling?

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

There were letters he needed written, forms to be filled out for handicapped parking placards and durable medical equipment, and seemingly endless documentation for homecare services. What followed was the uncomfortable silence that I’ve grown accustomed to after dozens of these conversations.

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CareerStep

JULY 19, 2024

Reviewed by Becky Byrns , CHDS, CHDP-S, CEHRS, MSK and Healthcare Documentation, Health and Wellness Program Manager at CareerStep. Precise and accurate documentation is critical in healthcare and medical transcriptionists play a vital role. The transcription key provided by the client showed the lab test and value “IB 4.4.”

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MedCerts

APRIL 30, 2024

It follows a structured curriculum that covers the following aspects of Microsoft Office: Word : Ideal word processing application, allowing you to prepare and edit documents easily. MOS training in Word equips you with advanced formatting skills, enabling you to create polished documents with tables, graphics and styles.

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Health Populi

MARCH 2, 2021

But another patient side-effect of COVID-19 has been the digital transformation of many patients , documented by data gathered by Rock Health and Stanford Center for Digital Health and analyzed in their latest report explaining how the public health crisis accelerated digital health “beyond its years,” noted in the title of the report.

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ACI Medical & Dental School

JANUARY 9, 2025

Medical Records Management: Updating and maintaining accurate patient records, including documenting symptoms, medical histories, and treatment procedures. Appointment Management: Scheduling appointments, managing follow-up visits, and sometimes handling billing and insurance paperwork.

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