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Women: How Are You Doing? Really.

National Women’s Health Week, May 10-16, is a good time to think about yourself for a change. April 10 is Mother’s Day. How will you spend your special day? Chances are, you’ll spend it doting on your family, as usual. And that’s OK, as long as that maternal instinct isn’t jeopardizing your own health. Unfortunately, […]

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Is doing the AAPC Practicode a good way to experience?

Good morning,
I work for Optum at this time and I need to get some experience to be able to post for a coding position. I am wondering if doing the
coding practicode through AAPC would be a good way to get that experience. Has anyone done this, and if so can you let
me what to expect. Thank you for your input. Sharon

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How is your HIPAA auditing and compliance government entity doing?

OIG tells OCR to establish its permanent audit plan. OIG officials called OCR’s oversight of the HIPAA Privacy Rule "primarily reactive." It investigates possible noncompliance primarily in response to complaints. Establishing a permanent audit program would help OCR "proactively assess possible noncompliance from covered entities."

So when should entities expect to see the permanent audit program rolled out? Mac McMillan, FHIMSS, CISSM, cofounder and CEO of Cynergis Tek, Inc., Austin, Texas, and Phyllis A. Patrick, MBA, FACHE, CHC, CISM, founder of Phyllis A. Patrick and Associates, LLC., Southport, North Carolina, each say they expect the full program to hit the streets in early 2016. However, Patrick says, "I will believe it when I see it."

Covered entities, she adds, should always be ready for an audit. 

This article was originally published in Briefings on HIPAA. Subscribers can access the full article in the January 2016 issue.

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How to Work From Home Doing Medical Billing and Coding!

If you’re thinking about doing medical billing and coding and working from home there are a few things you want to know. First of all do you have the ability or skills or training in order to be able to process claims for doctors, dentists or large clinics.

To process claims at home you’ll either have to be in business for yourself or make some arrangement with your employers to work at home. The employer in this case would be the doctor, dentist or other health professional or clinic that needs medical billing service. This may be difficult to do if you haven’t had the proper training and don’t have the right medical billing software.

Many people who do work from home doing medical billing and/or coding generally have their own business. They have started home businesses after getting the right training. (Coding requires separate training and certification may be required by some employers.)

It would probably be difficult to get on-the-job training and more than likely you’ll have to get training through online courses, programs or schools or on campus locally where you live. There is a national exam for certification as a Medical Billing Specialist that would probably be required by most companies seeking your service. Plus after you get some training you’ll want on-the-job experience so you can learn the ropes. You want to know what you’re doing before you work alone at home.

So one of the things you can do is call some of the clinics in your area and find out whether they do their medical billing and coding in-house or whether they send it out to a billing service. If they do it in-house, ask if they hire people to do additional billing for them at home either by contracting out to you or hiring you to work at home and they would act as employer. There may be a lot of variation in practices in different geographical areas. So best to call and see what you can find out.

So now you may know a little bit more about whether you want to work from home doing medical billing and coding. When you do decide that you do need some training, there is federal government money available for online courses as well as on-campus. So you want to check out medical billing training online and local colleges. Be careful of any scams that may be operating. Read the fine print and don’t sign up for any courses you don’t need.

For secrets and tips on how to start a medical billing business or as a career, choosing the best medical billing training, finding the best medical billing business schools, online courses, college, work at home and financing go to a nurse’s website: http://www.MedicalBillingTrainingInfo.com

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home health visits by LPT doing a simple dressin change

We are looking at LPT’s making home health visits for joint replacement followup care, and possibly having to do a simple dressing change. I am having difficulty in locating a CPT code for this procedure. What we have been looking at is the fact that when the LPT makes their visits for joint replacement therapy in the home, sometimes they may need to change a simple dressing. Instead of having a skilled nurse make a visit, we were thinking that the LPT could change the dressing. This would save the patient the need for another person in their home and Medicare costs as well, possibly.
I did find a CPT code, but I do not know if it will work. 99600 which is for an unlisted home visit service or procedure. Would this need a modifier?
Thanks in advance for any help!

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