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Billing Implications for Medical Students

Know the reimbursement rules for students working in your medical practice. Many medical offices and clinics allow medical students to train in their practices to gain invaluable clinical education and experience. It’s important to support students with this much-needed hands-on work and training. There are some legal implications associated with billing for students’ work, however; […]

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Sutter Health legal case – coding community implications?

A recent settlement was reached for Sutter Health care: "The settlement announced today resolves allegations that Sutter and its affiliates submitted unsupported diagnosis codes for certain patient encounters of beneficiaries under their care. These unsupported diagnosis scores inflated the risk scores of these beneficiaries, resulting in the MAO plans being overpaid." (quote from link below)

The detail of what ‘unsupported’ means is unclear in these two links describing the settlement, so it is difficult to draw conclusions. I wondered if AAPC has insight on the particulars.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/gov…ern-healthcare am&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20190415&utm_cont ent=article2-headline
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/medic…care-advantage

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Implications of the Joint Commission’s 2016 deletions for staff education and training requirements for 2017

This article was written by Marlene K. Strader, RN, PhD, and Elizabeth Di Giacomo-Geffers, RN, MPH, CSHA, a healthcare consultant in Trabuco Canyon, California, and a former Joint Commission surveyor.
 
In the first quarter of 2016, there were 46 topics that were required for education and training of hospital staff, including physicians, nurses, and other allied healthcare personnel. In May 2016, The Joint Commission deleted many standards and elements of performance (EP), reducing the number to around 40. A few of those deletions impact the Human Resources (HR) chapter as well as other chapters.

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