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Don’t let avoidable errors muck up your revenue cycle. A clean claim is one that does not require the payer to investigate or develop the claim before it can fully process it. The claim is received on time, passes all edits, is appended with any required medical evidence and supporting documentation, and includes all the […]
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The old standby still works like a charm to show medical necessity. The American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) 2021 Evaluation and Management Services Guidelines (2021 E/M guidelines) are the biggest change in medical coding since the creation of the 1995 and 1997 Documentation Guidelines for Evaluation and Management Services by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid […]
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Ever since the publication of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) portfolio “Medicare Needs Better Controls to Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Related to Chiropractic Services” in February 2018, chiropractic services have been on the OIG’s radar for improper payments. So, what can you do to avoid the OIG’s scrutiny and keep the auditors from […]
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Ever since the publication of the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) portfolio “Medicare Needs Better Controls to Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Related to Chiropractic Services” in February 2018, chiropractic services have been on the OIG’s radar for improper payments. So, what can you do to avoid the OIG’s scrutiny and keep the auditors from […]
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Thanks to a January rule change, if a Joint Commission surveyor sees anyone who directly cares for patients fail to perform required hand hygiene, that person’s healthcare organization will receive a requirement for improvement (RFI).
You probably clean your bathroom every week and your kitchen counters usually get a wipedown every day. Even your oven gets a once-over every so often. But what about your cell phone?
We spend hours and hours on our smartphones and tablets every day without thinking about all the germs that are on those devices. And what we touch gets transferred to those screens—and how! Smartphones are particularly dirty: Over 90 percent of them had bacteria present, and 1 in 6 tested positive for the presence of fecal matter (that’s poop).
Fortunately, smart devices are small and easy to take care of so keep your smartphone as clean as possible; that will minimize the germs that you transfer in the first place.
The reason I am even sharing this thought is because one of our billers here at Capture Billing got a UV cell phone cleaner for their birthday. We all lined up to have our phones cleaned. Worked great . . . I think.
Anyway, I went online to look for some info on cleaning my phone. I found this infographic that shows some easy steps you can take to keep your phone clean.
Is your cell phone germ-free or gross? How do you clean your phone? Leave me a note below.
— This post Your Phone is Super Gross – Here’s How to Clean It was written by Manny Oliverez and first appeared on Capture Billing. Capture Billing is a medical billing company helping medical practices get their insurance claims paid faster, easier and with less stress allowing doctors to focus on their patients.
